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Tim Blechmann wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">This is where I think the Redhat/Cygwin model could work. People who <br>want support can pay for a neatly packaged piece of software that has<br>a phone number that they can call and get someone to ask questions. <br>As the market for media art and the like grows, I think this will<br>only become more and more feasible.<br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->it's the same as jmax ... iirc, you can pay 500 bucks for support, some<br>externals, access to a forum ... or download it (although i don't know<br>which licence it's using)<br></pre>
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and this is why IRCAM is not considered as a contributor to free software
in my eyes ( ouch ).<br>
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it's not ideology and the services model is perfectly alright<br>
( i actually get some benefit from it ),<br>
some objects have also been developped for a project<br>
than made available for free <br>
to me: <br>
"the means of production must be free of charge<br>
to be accessible to all workers around the world"<br>
( ahah, how naive i am )..<br>
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sum-up : it's perfectly oke to be commissioned to develop some tools<br>
for a project, but then they should be published for free,<br>
well, if you want to share anything.<br>
that's why speaking of the "price of pd" is really upsetting me. <br>
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ciao,<br>
sevy<br>
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