[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Demo Day 99

[cbbrowne@godel.brownes.org]

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:11:11 MDT, the world broke into rejoicing as
Kevin McMillan <kevin3 at ont.com>  said:
>	I will say this lastly, If linux is truly free, then No payment
>is Required. But a willingness to help out, in whatever way, 
> is appreciated, and beneficial to the entire Linux community

There are indeed *many* ways of "giving something back."

The following .signature is an arguably unkind statement that
nonetheless has some truth to it:

"If you are not willing to pay a meager $10 to support the development
of your operating system, you are too cheap to even own a computer."
-- David J. Owens <owensdj at home.net>

The point is that yes, you are free to do as you like.  That includes
the option of not reciprocating the past examples of generosity.

Unfortunately, not reciprocating and "being at least somewhat
generous" is a moral choice.  And the choice to be ungenerous can lead
towards greater evils...
--
"Are [Linux users]  lemmings collectively jumping off of  the cliff of
reliable, well-engineered commercial software?" -- Matt Welsh
cbbrowne at hex.net- <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>