Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com> writes:

> > But again, it is _not_ true for all.  For instance, there are users of
> > NetBSD who, say, use AFS with NetBSD.  Many of them do _not_ have
> > source for it (if they did, we wouldn't hear them asking for new
> > versions to be compiled for -current 8-).
> 
> Hm.   Of course, we get AFS updates quite frequently.
Since I was the one who asked most recently, ... not really.  The best I've
seen is 1.3G, which could be patched to 1.3H.  But that was a long
time ago.  And I'll don't even want to tell you where I found it.

> 
> > My core thought: don't let a vocal set of what i'll call "open source
> > bigots" dissuade you from trying to sell your closed-source product.
> > Sure, some users may choose based on open- vs non-open- source
> > policies, but for others, as long as they end up with a working card
> > (with the price or other attributes that they care about), open-source
> > policy doesn't make a difference.
> 
> I absolutely agree with this.  Just because I can't use the card
> without source doesn't mean some other NetBSD user can't.  Please
> don't assume I'm speaking for all NetBSD users here.  I'm just telling
> you where I'm coming from, and asking you to please not to dismiss
> that place as irrelevant.  It may be irrelevant to you from a
> marketing perspective, but it's definitely not irrelevant to me.
> 
> 			       _MelloN_