[oi-dev] OpenSXCE It is illegal to sell without source code.

[Joerg Schilling]

ken mays <maybird1776 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Joerg,
>
> Then, the solution is easy. People should offer him 'payable work' before asking for HIS contributions.

I am sorry, I currently do not have the option to offer such a position.
If I am able to aquire a project for FOKUS that is OpenSolaris based, things 
may be different. Before that happens, I may be able to hire a student that may 
partly work on SchilliX on internal fundings. Such a position would however not 
match Martins skills as I would also need to look at current official project 
activities in my group.

> Martin asked for donations for his contribution - people have the freedom not to pay him as well as not use his work.
> We pay bills to get provided services - but no payment means no services. How many established FOSS distro provides ask for
> 'payment' for their supported distro versions made 98% from FOSS contributions???
>
> Some non-profit companies try to get funding since 'free work or trading' comes with a high utility overhead bill.
>
> So if those asking for Martin's contributions won't make a donation to support his work - why should he do it???
>
> People in the USA get paid $80/day to flip hamburgers and less to cut/trim/treat home lawns and wash vehicles...
>
> He could easily update distros to Xnv 1.12.4 for both Schillix and OI in 1-2 days. Probably add in LibreOffice 4.1.3 and other software,
> many things not 'maintained' consistently by most existing Illumos-based distros. Oh, and port over the Xorg Intel/Radeon drivers.
>
> Many work projects 'not existing' today for OI or even Solaris 11.x. Many good contributions. Everybody wins.....

The main problem with the current OpenSolaris comunity is that there is close 
to no collaboration resulting in "wasted" effort....

Jörg

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