On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 08:58 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > Would we have linux kernels if there wasn't a company willing to pay > Linux kernel developers to do that job without demanding that revenue > be realized from their work. Would we have them if those who did so didn't get something back in return for their efforts? I doubt it. But we do have them, and they do get back what they want for their efforts, else they wouldn't do it. Perhaps you want to rethink about what you, or someone else thinking the same thing, hopes to get out of it. With any enterprise you have to fit into the model that surrounds it. You can't have everything your way. -- (Currently running FC4, in case that's important to the thread) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.