Lo all, --- Jason Filby jasonfilby@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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