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Qubes OS itself is a nice idea. I worry about the commercialization aspect, though. Will the Qubes Team be sharing a portion of their commercial profit with me
by wodencafe 10y ago
Qubes OS itself is a nice idea. I worry about the commercialization aspect, though.
Will the Qubes Team be sharing a portion of their commercial profit with members of the Open Source Community who have previously contributed to Qubes OS?
- eriknstr 10y agoThey do not have any obligation to share profit.
- waspleg 10y agoThere is such a thing as more than one kind of obligation. Are they LEGALLY obligated to share? Likely no. Are they MORALLY obligated? That's definitely up for debate. EDIT: The parent does not deserve down votes because you disagree with their opinion. Grow up.
- wodencafe 10y agoThanks, there seems to be a lot of downvoting on HN based on disagreement rather than substance :(
- throwaway7767 10y ago> Will the Qubes Team be sharing a portion of their commercial profit with members of the Open Source Community who have previously contributed to Qubes OS? As one of the people who has contributed code to Qubes, I don't see why they should do that. I didn't contribute out of hope of financial gain, and I doubt anyone else did. They should use the money to pay for further developments on Qubes, not to pay for work already done and given away for free.