<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>I put this on Facebook, but then I thought that someone here probably has a good idea.<br><br><div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><p>Should a business that receives great value from software libre, give money to the makers? If so, how much and to whom?</p><p><br>
</p><p>Let's say it's time to plan some spending. Non-free software costs a
certain amount per licensed system, per year, and all Jo(e) Manager has
to do is decide from whom (s)he will buy the software. But what about
software libre / free software? How much should be given to the debian
team, samba team, apache team, postgresql team, and so on? A business just wants to "pay the bill", they don't want to have to be expert. I can find no
simple answer, but with no decision made, these wonderful contributors
get nothing, and that doesn't seem right, either.</p><p><br></p><p>Do you have ideas? How have you addressed this with your managers or in your business?<br></p><br></div><div><span name="x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br>http://sofree.us<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span name="x"></span><br></div><br></div></body></html>