Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:35:20 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Regarding your case number 10724899 [ ref:_00D00hhzl._5004V11emZL:ref ] Message-ID: <20200926133520.44424b93@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20200925052418.00007bb0@seibercom.net> References: <1zr37000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000QH6PT000xnpezbIfSciX_94747igUg@sfdc.net> <c7f26a76-c5ea-0a2b-ef83-90d5e46d0ca0@holgerdanske.com> <20200925084452.3245e533@moonstudio> <20200925052418.00007bb0@seibercom.net>
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On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 05:24:18 -0400, Jerry wrote: >On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:44:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf commented: >>You are aware that sending this mail to a support is spam to the >>mailing lists that have got nothing to do with this support? >> >>On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 22:46:34 -0700, David Christensen wrote: =20 >>>What is the URL for the ISO file for SeaToolsBootable[snip]? =20 >> >>Google: https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ >> =20 >>>What is the URL for the source code for [snip] any [snip] >>>GPL v2 code distributed with SeaToolsBootable [snip]? =20 >> >>This kind of nitpicking is the reason that some vendors never ever >>will support FLOSS operating systems. Without this nitpicking way more >>vendors would use and/or support FLOSS operating systems. >> >>Most of the times it will not result in hosting the source codes on a >>vendor's server, it more likely will end up with dropping FLOSS >>entirely. =20 > >I had a talk with a technician from Brother USA several years ago >regarding them directly supporting FreeBSD as they do some other FOSS >distributions. What you just mentioned was one of their concerns. There >were others, a lot of others, but it all came down to it was not >financially feasible for them to do it. =46rom a vendor's point of view there indeed could be way more issues, hence nitpicking about hosting source code, that already is hosted by upstream, is counter-productive regarding one and the other goal. Sometimes a "please follow the rules as close as possible", is way more constructive, than following rules without any considerations. Sure, way to much traffic could become an issue for upstream, while a rich company might profit for free as in beer, OTOH an altruistic, philanthrope project might become impossible, even while not causing an issue for upstream. The r=C3=A9sum=C3=A9 is "balance" is required, but "nitpicking" is "self-defeating".
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