On 7/7/06, Chakkaradeep C C <chaks.yoper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
This mail is not intended to create disagreement or war. Its just for
discussion.
I see many are interested in creating awareness about FOSS and OSS
(somebody
told me both are different) thru a Walk or by taking other initiatives. I
thought i should share my views.
The first audience for these kinda awareness programs are The People.Wheni
say People, it includes all types of People.Refer people to Customers.
Customers are always with high expectations and if they find if some
requirement is not been provided, they would simply jump to another
alternative and they need not ask anybody for that.For Customers, it has
to
work, thats it.So, this is also same for our People, whom we are
targetting.
Yes, Linux (the Kernel) is free of cost.Many bundle it in distros and
integrate many items properly to make the newly built distro work. Some
give
it for free and other charge a small sum for the distro. There is nothing
wrong in this.Developers spend a lot of time in developing it and in
return
if they dont get anything, its like "whats there me working on it?". But
before you charge, you should be confident that your product is worth
charging.Now, why FOSS and OSS ?. Why cant people address just as OSS ?.
The
term "Free" in the GPL License does not mean that it is "Free of Cost".
