[bonzini]

Give me a break.

I have been in the "GPL arena" for almost 30 years (1996). When I started using free software I didn't even have Internet access at home and had to visit relatives one hour away to download it and send emails. I used SRPMs from a Red Hat Linux CD to study source code because it was not very handy to download it with a 33.6k modem.

[pravus]

So you should be well aware of community expectations. And so should Red Hat.

[bonzini]

Community expectations aren't necessarily correct and probably won't help paying the salary of thousands of engineers.

[jrm4]

Sorry, but the people who started this in no way were prioritizing anyone's salary. They had a vision of freedom, and THAT VISION -- more than "someone trying to do a company" -- is what got the best parts of this software going. One company that can't make the numbers work ain't my problem.

[bonzini]

And you're wrong. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html

"Distributing free software is an opportunity to raise funds for development". Paying salaries is a way to fund developers. Ergo, distributing free software is an opportunity to raise funds to pay the salaries of free software developers.

[jrm4]

I said prioritizing, I didn't say anything like "didn't consider at all"

[pravus]

I didn't say they were correct. I said be aware of them.