FSF Announces Corporate Patronage Program

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FSF Announces Corporate Patronage Program

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday March 27, 2003 @01:04PM from the putting-cash-where-your-mouth-is dept.

Andy Tai writes "The Free Software Foundation has announced a 'Corporate Patronage Program' to allow companies to support the work of the FSF. The members already include IBM, HP, Ada Core Technologies and MySQL. Interested parties should contact Ravi Khanna."

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Is it me... by ewhenn · 2003-03-27 13:51 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Or does

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look kinda like a pen*s wearing a hat?
Arrogance by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-27 13:55 · Score: -1, Flamebait

"The Free Software Foundation has announced a 'Corporate Patronage Program' to allow companies to support the work of the FSF."

To allow companies to support the FSF.
The arrogance of that statement is amazing.
Re:Support a very worth cause. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-27 13:57 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Yeah, the soft spot is in your head. The FSF is a collection of the biggest hippy freaks around. THe FSF would have made a great communist government if there were any countries left to conqure.
Re:this is a good thing by bstadil · 2003-03-27 14:05 · Score: -1, Flamebait

"RMS and the FSF are communists!"
Even if they are so fucking what! This kind of thinking is a throw back to the 50's McCarthyism, why not brand them Terrorists while we are at it.
Very trendy in case you haven't noticed.

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The US government.. by grub · 2003-03-27 14:24 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Various levels of US government should be mentioned there. They support Free Software every time RMS cashes a welfare cheque.

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Re:this is a good thing by DietHacker · 2003-03-27 18:30 · Score: 0, Flamebait

And another thing, how come there aren't more (as opposed to some) complaints about not being able to buy Apple computers without an Apple OS? Hypocrisy? Not really, the reason is few people are educated on the underlying principles.