From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bkhl@elektrubadur.se (=?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_Lindstr=C3=B6m?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Icon designer wanted (Aquamacs Emacs) Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:56:13 +0100 Message-ID: <871wzk3lg2.fsf@killalla.dreaming> References: <54321A2A-3F36-4416-B473-49AC11FF057F@gmail.com> <853bk5gwa8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <792D87C1-B9A9-495E-9335-7139845D1CB0@gmail.com> <85fyo4zvei.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87sls47lvd.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> <85wthftsme.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <17343.8588.975063.805988@mmyn404.iimas.unam.mx> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1136595436 27710 80.91.229.2 (7 Jan 2006 00:57:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 00:57:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 07 01:57:14 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ev2OQ-00063b-8x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:57:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ev2QD-0003Gp-8w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:59:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ev2PU-0003FB-5Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:58:20 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ev2PS-0003Ea-KV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:58:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ev2PS-0003EX-CG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:58:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1Ev2RI-0007Jo-7K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:00:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ev2NX-0005xX-Dj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:56:19 +0100 Original-Received: from h165n1c1o1124.bredband.skanova.com ([81.228.152.165]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:56:19 +0100 Original-Received: from bkhl by h165n1c1o1124.bredband.skanova.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:56:19 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: h165n1c1o1124.bredband.skanova.com Mail-Copies-To: never X-Home-Page: http://bkhl.elektrubadur.se/ User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:98RDd1CGaI0a+n8NhwqwFO+1JPI= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:32514 Archived-At: "Luis O. Silva" writes: > Free software is developing by itself or I might say it's undergoing > evolution like a living creature. It's growing and getting > better. This process will never stop[1] and is, in some sense, > autonomous. In contrast, commodities are done to be sold. Here > developers bow to the market. > > The conclusion about better development, then, can be easily be drawn. Not really. A lot of people get paid for developing free software. As the demands for free software grows, the profitability of developing will increase.