Am 04.09.23 um 03:48 schrieb Ryan Bach via devel:
> Ryan Bach via devel wrote:
>
> First of all, as has been pointed out by others, the headline is misleading,
> since KDE and GNOME are not actually parties to the proposal and since the
> proposal was not even accepted.
>
> Secondly, IMHO, allowing fee-charging downloads is an anti-feature of an
> application repository that I specifically do not want. One of the nicest
> features of GNU/Linux is that I can just open the package manager and
> download whatever I want without having to pay anything.
>
> And finally, Red Hat trying to monetize the Desktop would be the worst
> nightmare. I do not want my desktop GNU/Linux to be "monetized" by anyone,
> neither by Red Hat nor by any other company.
>
> Kevin Kofler
What is so wrong about buying open source software?
A lot. It's effectively cheating to your users.
Ralf