Canonical, Ubuntu, and Why I Seem so Upset About Them All the Time

Re:Canonical, Ubuntu, and Why I Seem so Upset About Them All... by reitanqild on Saturday February 20, 2016 @12:08AM (#11138958)

elementary : no

Sourceforge 1m ago : yes

Reason : sourceforge tried to deliver something other than the users wanted, either by providing two misleading advertising on the download page or even by bundling adware/malware.

elementary provides something some people want and in exchange asks for money. This is something HN actively recommend again and again.

elementary just happens to be nice on a number of levels from letting you decide the price yourself to feeding the money back into development.

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Re:Canonical, Ubuntu, and Why I Seem so Upset About Them All... by kuschku on Saturday February 20, 2016 @04:16AM (#11139488)

So, good idea.

I'll make a webpage where I'll sell elementary.io then.

Obviously, the money stays completely on my account, but don't worry, the OS comes with a few additional programs I wrote (or, rather, will have written), like a nicer IRC client.

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Re:Canonical, Ubuntu, and Why I Seem so Upset About Them All... by reitanqild on Saturday February 20, 2016 @01:59PM (#11141357)

As long as you are honest about it I wouldn't even demand an extra IRC client.

I have my doubts about whether this will make you rich but as long as you are being honest and honor the GPL etc I see no legal or moral problems.

BTW: I know that I personally was not scammed and I would guess nobody else who paid for it felt scammed either.

I think many like me are happy to chip in with a little money as I don't have capacity to contribute code or support.

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