[FM Discuss] updated IBD

[Daniel James]

Hi a.l.e,
> he would probably be more than happy, if other people started monetizing
> his work, while letting him use their work.

Maybe, but I'm not speaking for him, and that's a completely different
context to FM.

> (just for your information: lot of companies are making lot of money by
> using free software and they don't give back absolutely nothing! think
> of all the telcos with linux/apache/python/php/mysql/email servers!

They hire people to work on those servers, and those people write a lot
of documentation.

When I mentioned unethical monetizing, I wasn't thinking of end users. I
was thinking of would-be middlemen, and companies that want to extract
value from the community for their own ends - making us work for them.

> as you are finding out, the GPL and BSD licenses have been built by and
> for people who are not fighting for paying their bills... it's probably
> partially due to the fact that programmers don't fear to work for those
> people who have the money; on the other hand, artists want to stay pure.

That's a good point.

Cheers!

Daniel