Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 05:28:40 +1000 (GMT+1000) From: Trent Waddington <s337240@student.uq.edu.au> To: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103070528330.18369-100000@student.uq.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20010306100616.B45802@darkstar.gte.net>
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www.paypal.com On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Robert Clark wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:17:06AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > > At 01:49 PM 3/5/2001, Robert Clark wrote: > > > > >I just recently heard a statement that helped me understand > > >why the Grateful Dead allowed taping at their concerts. > > > > > >The statement went something like "At the end of the day, > > >after the performance was over, Jerry went home from work > > >like anyone else." > > > > > >Apparently, the band made a living "performing" their work. > > > > This was only one of their many revenue streams. They enjoyed > > large royalties from T-shirts, posters, and other regalia, as > > well as from their published albums. While their concerts were > > profitable, Bill Graham and other promoters made most of the money. > > > > --Brett > > > > And there is a message in there somewhere. Is Mr Stallman a > promoter? In that analogy, would Linus be like Jerry? > > I don't begrudge RedHat or Walnut Creek their living. But > their promotion isn't what I'm interested in. > > Someone who is financially responsible needs to setup as a > nonprofit micropayment broker. > > In the same way that I can toss money into a street performers > hat, it would be nice to be able to be able to contribute > small amounts of money to small projects. > > As long as there is no alternative to the "feast or famine" > ways of doing business, its going to a black and white world. > > Commercial companies grabbing everything they can, and open > source refugees moving from inspiration to inspiration. > (Dodging lawsuits all the while.) > > [RC] > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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