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Linux Mint Diverting Banshee Revenue

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-their-cut dept.

LinuxScribe writes "According Linux Mint founder Clement Lefebvre, the popular Linux Mint distribution has changed the Amazon.com affiliate code for the Banshee music player so that Mint, not Canonical or the GNOME Foundation, will receive the revenue from MP3 sales through Banshee. Though a trivial amount of money ($3.41 in November 2011), Linux Mint's actions still raise the question: how should revenue be shared between upstream and downstream FLOSS projects?"

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  1. wuh by masternerdguy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Revenue? In my Linux? It's more likely than you think.

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  2. Simple by Kjella · · Score: 5, Funny

    A dollar for me, one for you, one for me, one for.... oh well, here's 41 cents at least.

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    1. Re:Simple by galaad2 · · Score: 3, Funny

      One for me, one for you. One, two for me, two for you. One, two, three for me, three for you...

      i think that's might be the official RIAA/MPAA accounting method.

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  3. Re:Find a better case for the discussion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A petty and small minded internet debate about software freedom? That's unpossible!

  4. Re:Find a better case for the discussion by tomhudson · · Score: 3, Funny

    First, if you had actually RTFA, you'd know that they've offered the Banshee developers a better revenue-sharing deal than Ubuntu did ... and they're not saying "take it or leave it or we'll say 'screw you' and disable it entirely" like Ubuntu did when people complained.

    Second, affiliate marketing must DIE DIE DIE! Kill it off, and you get rid of a LOT of spam.

  5. They Don't Need It by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're making a mint!

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  6. Re:Kids argue over 3,41 by atisss · · Score: 3, Funny

    He actually rounded more, as it was supposed to be $3.141592..