[ros-general] $$$ Bountys on ReactOS development - 0.2 Relase

[Steven Edwards]

Lo all,
--- Jason Filby <jasonfilby at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Indeed, Steven and myself are having a little debate on this issue.
> This 
> is because I'm in the planning stages of setting up a for-profit
> company 
> that would sell solutions around ReactOS and eventually look to hire 
> ReactOS developers fulltime. I feel that such redistribution of
> ReactOS, 
> before its usable as a desktop OS, through this company would be an 
> excellent exersize in getting operations started - while contributing
> 
> the profits back in the same way: bounties for development.

Yes and I agree with that to a degree. I think we need to see some
companys supporting ReactOS but I also want to see the Foundation up
and running. Having support from buiness is a good thing but not at the
expense of a Non-Profit organization dedicated to the idea of ReactOS. 

A For-Profit company exist for one goal and thats to make money. Even
if Jason company is 100% owned by him today, 5 years down the road it
might be owned by a large number of others that dont give a flip about
ReactOS but only the bottom line. Thats find as long as the rules are
played by with the GPL/LGPL. But I want to see us move forward on both.
I want companys to adopt ReactOS and ReactOS developers to be free to
make money off of thier work.

Thanks
Steven


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