Re: [tlug] And they said it was Free?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "9915104t" == 9915104t  <ObElided Python: address elided because
      it's not a true bot> writes:

    9915104t> That's not the case, they are actually doing some
    9915104t> serious development too that requires *money*.

Sort of true.  Truly serious _OSS_ developers submit patches upstream.
Debian always does (except for the ./debian subtree, and that's why
./debian exists), Red Hat mostly does (ie, until they start getting
rejected too often, then they fork), Mandrake does not that I've seen.

    9915104t> <note> Probably S. Turnbull is gonna elaborate on how
    9915104t> the mandrake guys are f**ing up his belowed emacs.
    9915104t> </note>

Why should I do that?  It's (mostly) irrelevant to this issue.

    9915104t> But you have the choice. Use debian or some other distro
    9915104t> for free and package OpenOffice for yourself (and for
    9915104t> the community).

Or ignore the nagging.



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