Comments on: Neuros OSD http://www.techory.com/blog/neuros-osd/ Regular Rambling About Technology Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:39:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kieran http://www.techory.com/blog/neuros-osd/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Kieran Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:45:53 +0000 http://www.techory.com/blog/neuros-osd/#comment-1239 Is offering a bounty common in open source and fair use? I have never heard of that before, and boy does it sound like a good way to do business. On a similar note, I read a really interesting article in the last Wired where Lawrence Lessig discusses the difference between the mentality of "Free Beer" and "Free Software"; the article draws some important distinctions between the idea that freeware is just there for the taking (sans donation or even a price for the software), rather it implies a freedom of development, not a lack of paycheck for the developers. Interesting ideas, as always LL. Is offering a bounty common in open source and fair use? I have never heard of that before, and boy does it sound like a good way to do business.

On a similar note, I read a really interesting article in the last Wired where Lawrence Lessig discusses the difference between the mentality of “Free Beer” and “Free Software”; the article draws some important distinctions between the idea that freeware is just there for the taking (sans donation or even a price for the software), rather it implies a freedom of development, not a lack of paycheck for the developers. Interesting ideas, as always LL.

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