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| From | Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.slackware |
| Subject | Re: Slackware, Inc.? Internet Relay Chat buffoonery |
| Date | 2024-02-20 06:21 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ur1gd1$2c5of$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <ur1bli$2bdeb$1@dont-email.me> |
On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:00:34 +0000, David Chmelik wrote: > Where could I lookup information about Slackware, Inc.? I would start att www.slackware.com > I also suppose it's for-profit, even if no profit is being made from > items such as compact/digital_versatile discs (CDs/DVDs) (but was in > past)? In the past it was possible to buy official Slackware installation media from the Slackware store, but even then, you could also download installation isos for free. > Slackware isn't or never was commercial, because doesn't sell official > technical support, when 'commercial' just refers to 'commerce', or > buying & selling anything at all including CDs/DVDs (so Slackware at > least was commercial for decades) or arguably even just software/code > people download (from servers that have to be paid for) that many > people pay Patrick Volkerding on paypal.com and patreon.com so he's > actually making a modest salary for several/few years. I'd still call > this commercial, This depends upon your definition of commercial. It has allways been possible to download, install and upgrade Slackware for free and it has allways been possible to in different ways support Patrick who spends a full time maintaining Slackware. regards Henrik
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Slackware, Inc.? Internet Relay Chat buffoonery David Chmelik <dchmelik@gmail.com> - 2024-02-20 05:00 +0000
Re: Slackware, Inc.? Internet Relay Chat buffoonery Alexander Grotewohl <alexm0n@gmail.com> - 2024-02-20 05:17 +0000
Re: Slackware, Inc.? Internet Relay Chat buffoonery Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2024-02-20 06:21 +0000
Re: Slackware, Inc.? Internet Relay Chat buffoonery slash <slash@invalid.invalid> - 2024-02-21 09:34 +0100
Re: Slackware, Inc.? Internet Relay Chat buffoonery David Chmelik <dchmelik@gmail.com> - 2024-02-28 09:49 +0000
Re: [...] Internet Relay Chat buffoonery David Chmelik <dchmelik@gmail.com> - 2026-06-20 23:00 +0000
Re: [...] Internet Relay Chat buffoonery noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-06-21 12:56 +1000
Re: [...] Internet Relay Chat buffoonery David Chmelik <dchmelik@gmail.com> - 2026-07-03 04:03 +0000
Re: [...] Internet Relay Chat buffoonery noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-07-03 16:58 +1000
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