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

Thu Aug 5 18:44:55 UTC 2010
Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at msu.edu>

On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:20:38AM -0700, R-Elists wrote:

> 
> the point is enforcement somehow...

Enforcement = suppression and suppression -> consequences 
not elimination of the issue.


> 
> why not require a small yearly donation for access to the list ???
> 
> 12 bucks a year? or more ?

Not likely to make a difference and just likely to reduce
the worth of the list as those who know quit bothering
to subscribe.

////jerry


> 
> 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
> 
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