Anonymous Will Award $200,000 for Xbox Linux

Posted by timothy on Monday July 1, 2002 @11:29AM from the that'll-keep-you-in-cereal dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "The X-box Linux Project at Sourceforge reports today that an anonymous donor will award nearly a quarter of a million dollars to the individuals responsible for the completion of a two-phased effort to run Linux on the Xbox. One can't help but wonder if this will help or hurt the community. On one hand, it is likely to generate additional interest in the project, on the other, some people may be less inclinded to share their discoveries with money on the line. Then again, getting both Money and Glory sounds pretty good."

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weird way of saying $200,00 by martyn+s · 2002-07-01 11:33 · Score: 1, Offtopic

That's a really weird way of saying $200,000: "nearly a quarter of a million dollar"
Re:Oh for crying out loud. by kz45 · 2002-07-01 18:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I certainly can SELL GPL'd software/code - I can even sell it to you for ten bajillion million dollars. I just have to provide you with the source code and I cannot limit your right to modify and distribute the software/code.

so why the hell would I buy it then?

heh.