From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:12:27 +0300 From: Michael Shigorin To: devel@altlinux.ru Message-ID: <20051004151227.GF7591@osdn.org.ua> Mail-Followup-To: devel@altlinux.ru, smoke-room@altlinux.ru Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: smoke-room@altlinux.ru Subject: [devel] Fwd: Re: "ask Mako": doing just that X-BeenThere: devel@altlinux.ru X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ALT Devel discussion list List-Id: ALT Devel discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:12:29 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: Здравствуйте. "However, neither licensing nor the availability of source code gives free software its competitive edge. Licensing and source are merely means toward an end: the participation of many individuals and groups in the development, testing, quality assurance and advocacy of software." Интересная статья. ----- Forwarded message from "Benj. Mako Hill" ----- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:46:44 -0400 From: "Benj. Mako Hill" To: sounder/lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: "ask Mako": doing just that > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 04:33:24PM +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > Mixing funding with volunteer work raises all sorts of > > issues. Ask Mako to tell you about the experiment that showed > > that this difficulty might be hard-wired into our genes > > - there are deep social difficulties with projects that > > blend full time paid work with volunteer efforts. > > I'd like to accept this proposal and ask Benjamin -- what it was? > (if the answer's better personal, so be it; although I doubt that) About six months ago, I wrote up a piece on funding volunteer free software projects that is being alluded to here: http://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/funding_volunteers.html In particular, there was some academic work on mixing volunteerism and commercial work that I cited in that paper. If you can't get access to the documents or journal articles I cited off list and you really want to read them, please contact me offlist and I can try to get you copies. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill mako/ubuntu.com | mako/canonical.com ----- End forwarded message ----- PS: просьба отвечать в один список рассылки. -- ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/