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free-as-in-beer distrosfree-as-in-beer distrosPosted Nov 17, 2003 22:58 UTC (Mon) by coriordan (guest, #7544)In reply to: free-as-in-beer distros by ccyoung Parent article: 2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards > a yearly contribution for the rights to the upgrade service is appropriate Personally I use Debian and donate to FSF. Charitable donations are a more efficient way of funding services, since they bypass the taxman etc. Updates might be the most visible service that people use, but the work FSF does in defending the GPL etc. is an important service that we should fund when we can. Becoming an associate member of FSF is one good way to fund them, and you get a few freebies (heh, not just software) member.fsf.org
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free-as-in-beer distros Posted Nov 18, 2003 5:14 UTC (Tue) by bajw (guest, #11712) [Link] I love and often download the free-as-in-beer distros; I get broadband access as a perc from my job. I also support the FSF, and the EFF, and the CPSR with the money I save from the broadband and from having to buy ugly proprietary software. I try to be as generous as I can, since I am not a programmer and cannot contribute in that way.The freedom is the part that matters, not the cost, and I always contribute way more than it would cost to buy some nasty trapware. I always urge others who can afford to to do the same. Donations to the FSF work in great ways, and are as good a way to "buy software" as there is. I encourage all who can to become associate members, and to donate whatever else they can. It is *very* important. -BA
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