Now be quiet, you're scaring people, Maze.
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Originally Posted by shepdog
As for the Maze -> Mazer convertation I don't know what to say except, okay.  |
Don't mind Maze, he's been having a minor identity crisis since I joined the old Nappy forum in '00.
I think Dave's right here. Just look at RedHat, they make the most widely recognized and used Linux distribution available and they're profitable too. Of course to make an open source project generate revenue you need a brilliant business person to match your brilliant programming skills. But if what you're really trying to do is to promote and support emerging musicians, filmmakers, and artists then there's no need for the revenue stream to go through your hands, users can compensate artists directly. Your software could include a PayPal link to each artist or something like that. The point is that capitalism and open software aren't necessarily opposing forces, and sometimes they're quite complimentary.