asterisk users - Jun 2005 - Re: Re: Digium Website Update: Asterisk Busi ness Edition

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> From: Esben Stien [mailto:b0ef@esben-stien.name]
> The other problem is the issue that free software developers are
> mostly (in my experience) not happy with the fact that their code
> would be used in proprietary software. It conflicts with the whole
> religion of free software.
Well, yeah, that's the whole problem, isn't it?  You can't follow
the
"religion of free software" and still run a company that pays the
bills.
You have to compromise somewhere.  Either you go out of business, or you
tick off some of the open source purists.  Interesting perspective on this
from Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/05/26/cz_dl_0526linux.html

David Brodbeck <DavidB@mail.interclean.com> writes:
> You can't follow the "religion of free software" and still
run a
> company that pays the bills.
I believe that you can. 

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