[osflash] open source and donation link and money

[Martin Wood-Mitrovski]

forget about it he's an idiot. as a few commenters point out he seems to 
willfully ignore the distinction between 'free of charge' and 'freedom of usage'

i certainly dont see any irony in creating GPL software and providing a means 
for people to donate.

zwetan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> what people think when they see such post here
> http://www.communitymx.com/blog/index.cfm?newsid=900
> 
> ?
> 
> I mean, I do work on few very small OSS projects,
> don't ask for anything, but when I see such phrase
> 
> "So, for those open source author's – put up and shut up or write
> commercial software,
> but don't think using guilt, pity or such to garner donations is in
> the spirit of the open source philosophy."
> 
> I feel very angry toward this kind of attitude
> 
> what's your take on that ?
> 
> I mean, com'on people coding OSS projects should be free to put
> a donation link or not, I never saw anything in the open source philosophy
> that would prevent the authors to make money (as little it is) out of it.
> 
> zwetan
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