But why would you, if you were the author of free software, want to permit someone to take your software which you have contributed to the community, and make a proprietary product out of it? I'm not saying they shouldn't make money out if it--but I'd prefer that if someone were going to improve or use something I had contributed, that they should be required to return their changes to the community.
I'm reminded of a proverb, the origins of which I cannot recall (I think it might be American Indian):
A young man is about to take his boat across the lake, and he hears a viper whispering to him.
"Please take me across the river with you."
"No, you're a viper, you'll bite me."
"No, I promise I won't. If you don't help me, I'll die."
"Okay then."
So the young man loads the viper up in the boat and takes him with him. The young man rows across the lake, and gets to the other side. He picks the viper up to unload him, and the snake bites him.
"Why did you do that? You promised you woulnt'!" the young man says.
"Because it's my nature. You knew I was a viper, and yet you trusted me anyway."
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Hey, don't you know Kellog's has (tm)'d the phrase "Seize the Day"? I saw it on an ad for cereal on the blood-pressure machine at Safeway.
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But why would you, if you were the author of free software, want to permit someone to take your software which you have contributed to the community, and make a proprietary product out of it? I'm not saying they shouldn't make money out if it--but I'd prefer that if someone were going to improve or use something I had contributed, that they should be required to return their changes to the community.
Wil
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Does anyone actually know anything about this product--worked with, read up on it, etc?
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If you use 'security = server' and 'password server = x.x.x.x', it will authenticate users with an NT server.
Wil
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... which is now being phased out (by Red Hat, at least), now that someone has created a free replacement (Electric Eyes, GQview, etc).
What are other distros doing for image viewers?
Wil
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Check LinuxHQ and look either in the patches or the mail archives.
Wil
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I'm reminded of a proverb, the origins of which I cannot recall (I think it might be American Indian):
A young man is about to take his boat across the lake, and he hears a viper whispering to him.
So the young man loads the viper up in the boat and takes him with him. The young man rows across the lake, and gets to the other side. He picks the viper up to unload him, and the snake bites him.
Wil
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I've been looking for jobs recently, and see ads for 'UNIX anaylst' or 'UNIX programmer/anaylst'--how is this different from being an admin?
Wil
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