Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 12:55:57 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <441smjp44l5o2ja4c1vlsv32oh2j6m9n4j@4ax.com> <3co24lx2vn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <8ea48088-bc99-d7fc-0dd8-021562d3e044@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1486238"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63468 comp.os.linux.advocacy:682030 On Wed, 1 Jan 2025, pH wrote: > On 2024-12-30, D wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, pH wrote: >> >>> On 2024-12-28, D wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2024-12-27 18:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:57:55 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Well, I appreciate that I can get gratis a piece of software that is >>>>>>> that good. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you think Free Software could be better, and you would rather not give >>>>>> money to a proprietary company, why not contribute some of that money to >>>>>> the development of the Free Software and help make it better? >>>>> >>>>> Especially since projects like KDE and LibreOffice really need it. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Note that money is not the only way to contribute. Even by using the >>>> software you contribute, by making others aware of it, you contribute. I >>>> actually like projects that are not super wealthy. The linux foundation >>>> and firefox are excellent examples of how power corrupts. Would never >>>> dream of contributing with money to those two. >>> >>> This grabs my attention...as essentially a 'bystander' I've been totally >>> unaware of these types of sentiments. >>> Can someone give (or point me to) a thumbnail of why someone might have >>> these opinions? >>> >>> Just curious.... >>> >>> Pureheart in Aptos >> >> Sure... https://lunduke.substack.com/ writes plenty about the corruption >> of firefox and the linux foundation. > > Thank-you for the link... > > pH > You're welcome! =)