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View Poll Results: Paid for free software?
No 11 21.57%
Yes, just software. 1 1.96%
Yes, a distro. 24 47.06%
Yes, both a distro and some other software. 15 29.41%
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Old 03-29-2005, 11:30 PM   #1
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Ever Pay for Free Software?

Just wondering. I've bought a Red Hat package before, I think it was Red Hat 8.

Edit: Sorry, this should have gone in General, not Linux-General. My bad.
Last edited by Optimistic; 03-29-2005 at 11:34 PM.
 
Old 03-30-2005, 12:10 AM   #2
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Yes, I have bought Slackware and SuSE. And this is now moved to General.
 
Old 03-30-2005, 12:26 AM   #3
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hi

i have never bought any free software ,i can dowbload all distros from my college for free
but i think we can really help these free software foundations by purchasing from them

regards
 
Old 03-30-2005, 12:43 AM   #4
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Being a grade 8 student, I can't afford to as yet.

If I did, the first thing I would buy would be a set of Slack CDs, then the Gentoo DVD.
 
Old 03-30-2005, 01:00 AM   #5
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Sort of. I paid for a book that had a copy of Red Hat FC1 included with it. I'm not sure if Red Hat got a cut of what I paid, but as I paid to get FC1 I figure it counts.

Cheers

Ovalteen
 
Old 03-30-2005, 01:21 AM   #6
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Yep
Slackware 10
Slackware 10.1
 
Old 03-30-2005, 01:39 AM   #7
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Yes, both distro and software.

But it was a voluntary donation, rather than 'buying' the software. . .
 
Old 03-30-2005, 07:30 AM   #8
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As bornhj said above, I can not afford to buy software right now, but I'd love to buy the gentoo dvd!!!
 
Old 03-30-2005, 08:30 AM   #9
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Quote:
Originally posted by oneandoneis2
Yes, both distro and software.

But it was a voluntary donation, rather than 'buying' the software. . .
Same here. If you've done any development work at all, you understand just how much time and effort goes into "free" software...
 
Old 03-30-2005, 01:04 PM   #10
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Never have, Never will until they start charging for Linux and it's software, if they do that then I won't even look at linux.
 
Old 03-30-2005, 01:22 PM   #11
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Quote:
Originally posted by oneandoneis2
Yes, both distro and software.

But it was a voluntary donation, rather than 'buying' the software. . .
Likewise.

Having been a "Professional Computer Geek" () for over twenty years, I know how much my time is worth. The good folks who produce all this for us deserve *some* recompense.
 
Old 03-30-2005, 03:55 PM   #12
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I haven't for myself personally, but have done so for work: RHEL.
 
Old 04-01-2005, 10:46 AM   #13
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hasn't really tried purchasing for free software ...
 
Old 04-01-2005, 02:18 PM   #14
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I bought Mandrake 9.2, and 10.1 because of a dial up connection. Now that I have DSL I don't have to buy it anymore.
 
Old 04-01-2005, 02:30 PM   #15
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nope and never will :P
 
  


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