[CentOS] Dogs, trolls, and neighborly free/open source

Thu Aug 5 17:20:38 UTC 2010
R-Elists <lists07 at abbacomm.net>

the point is enforcement somehow...

why not require a small yearly donation for access to the list ???

12 bucks a year? or more ?

donations cannot be taken back yet lusers can be moderated or terminated

and to come back, they donate again

 - rh

> But what's the point?  When you give away good, free stuff, 
> people are naturally going to ask for more.  The part I have 
> trouble understanding is that while it seems perfectly 
> acceptable to be dumb about most coding languages and ask for 
> a canned routine to do something you are too lazy to write 
> for yourself, the same does not apply to shell commands even 
> though there is not much inherent difference in complexity.  
> Is it just that coders are more willing to share their work 
> than administrators even in cases where it is equally reusable?
> 
> -- 
>    Les Mikesell
>     lesmikesell at gmail.com