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From: pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:42:03 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-28, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>
>> On 2024-12-27 18:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:57:55 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Well, I appreciate that I can get gratis a piece of software that is
>>>> that good.
>>> 
>>> If you think Free Software could be better, and you would rather not give
>>> money to a proprietary company, why not contribute some of that money to
>>> the development of the Free Software and help make it better?
>>
>> Especially since projects like KDE and LibreOffice really need it.
>>
>
> Note that money is not the only way to contribute. Even by using the 
> software you contribute, by making others aware of it, you contribute. I 
> actually like projects that are not super wealthy. The linux foundation 
> and firefox are excellent examples of how power corrupts. Would never 
> dream of contributing with money to those two.

This grabs my attention...as essentially a 'bystander' I've been totally
unaware of these types of sentiments.
Can someone give (or point me to) a thumbnail of why someone might have
these opinions?

Just curious....

Pureheart in Aptos