Re: [Qemu-devel] [6324] Return -errno on write failure (Gleb Natapov)

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 07:52:03PM +0100, Fran??ois Revol wrote:
> There is also the fact that at least theorically one has to pay for it,
> unlike RFCs. It's interesting to see free software people insisting on
> Microsoft or others for free of charge specs on protocols yet abide by
> paid standards.

Open source people want to be able to get specs.  Having to pay for the
paper it is printed on isn't that bad.  Not being able to get it at all
is bad.  I think Epson has traditionally charged about $20 or so for
programing specs for their inkjet printers, although I could have that
figure wrong (I have never had to order one since the gutenprint people
do such a great job already),and they might even be giving free copies
to some groups.  Nothing wrong with that.

Open source is NOT about not costing money, it is about being able to
get sources and specs and do stuff with them.

-- 
Len Sorensen