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Slackware, Inc.? Internet Relay Chat buffoonery
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David Chmelik
Feb 20, 2024, 12:00:38 AMFeb 20
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Where could I lookup information about Slackware, Inc.? I also suppose
it's for-profit, even if no profit is being made from items such as
compact/digital_versatile discs (CDs/DVDs) (but was in past)?
There's a fair bit of libera Internet Relay Chat (IRC) ##slackware
buffoonery (even since days of freenode, but moreso) like one European
chatter (not native English speaker) claiming Slackware isn't or never was
commercial, because doesn't sell official technical support, when
'commercial' just refers to 'commerce', or buying & selling anything at
all including CDs/DVDs (so Slackware at least was commercial for decades)
or arguably even just software/code people download (from servers that
have to be paid for) that many people pay Patrick Volkerding on paypal.com
and patreon.com so he's actually making a modest salary for several/few
years. I'd still call this commercial, despite being paid in a new way
people still receive something useful (despite intangible). Patrick also
sells t-shirts, etc. on cafepress.com, which is commercial, even though
it's not CDs/DVDs. Licenses also don't restrict others selling technical
support, which several do linked on slackware.com.
At least one IRC chatter is (c)rude and attacks other chatters, but
one runs an unofficial Slackware archive, and admitted he's a troll.
it's for-profit, even if no profit is being made from items such as
compact/digital_versatile discs (CDs/DVDs) (but was in past)?
There's a fair bit of libera Internet Relay Chat (IRC) ##slackware
buffoonery (even since days of freenode, but moreso) like one European
chatter (not native English speaker) claiming Slackware isn't or never was
commercial, because doesn't sell official technical support, when
'commercial' just refers to 'commerce', or buying & selling anything at
all including CDs/DVDs (so Slackware at least was commercial for decades)
or arguably even just software/code people download (from servers that
have to be paid for) that many people pay Patrick Volkerding on paypal.com
and patreon.com so he's actually making a modest salary for several/few
years. I'd still call this commercial, despite being paid in a new way
people still receive something useful (despite intangible). Patrick also
sells t-shirts, etc. on cafepress.com, which is commercial, even though
it's not CDs/DVDs. Licenses also don't restrict others selling technical
support, which several do linked on slackware.com.
At least one IRC chatter is (c)rude and attacks other chatters, but
one runs an unofficial Slackware archive, and admitted he's a troll.
Alexander Grotewohl
Feb 20, 2024, 12:17:23 AMFeb 20
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with your time.
Henrik Carlqvist
Feb 20, 2024, 1:21:23 AMFeb 20
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:00:34 +0000, David Chmelik wrote:
> Where could I lookup information about Slackware, Inc.?
I would start att www.slackware.com
> Where could I lookup information about Slackware, Inc.?
> I also suppose it's for-profit, even if no profit is being made from
> items such as compact/digital_versatile discs (CDs/DVDs) (but was in
> past)?
from the Slackware store, but even then, you could also download
installation isos for free.
> Slackware isn't or never was commercial, because doesn't sell official
> technical support, when 'commercial' just refers to 'commerce', or
> buying & selling anything at all including CDs/DVDs (so Slackware at
> least was commercial for decades) or arguably even just software/code
> people download (from servers that have to be paid for) that many
> people pay Patrick Volkerding on paypal.com and patreon.com so he's
> actually making a modest salary for several/few years. I'd still call
> this commercial,
possible to download, install and upgrade Slackware for free and it has
allways been possible to in different ways support Patrick who spends a
full time maintaining Slackware.
regards Henrik
slash
Feb 21, 2024, 3:35:03 AMFeb 21
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On 2/20/24 06:00, David Chmelik wrote:
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> At least one IRC chatter is (c)rude and attacks other chatters, but
> one runs an unofficial Slackware archive, and admitted he's a troll.
Oh my God! A troll? On IRC! that's terrible, terrible news! This is the
end for Slackware! ...Wait, I've found one too! Guess where! Oh shit,
I've just fed him!
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<cut of pointless rant>
> At least one IRC chatter is (c)rude and attacks other chatters, but
> one runs an unofficial Slackware archive, and admitted he's a troll.
end for Slackware! ...Wait, I've found one too! Guess where! Oh shit,
I've just fed him!
--
/
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