Why questions don't get answered, or "No, I've already RTFM, tell me the answer!"

Arthur Pemberton pemboa at gmail.com
Sat Dec 31 19:59:21 UTC 2005


On 12/31/05, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 12/30/05, Antonio Olivares
> > <olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Ok!  We can still get all the goodies, no problem
> > a
> > > little bit of work.  I can live with that, but
> > other
> > > people want the cake and eat it too.  Thank you
> > for
> > > the explanation.  I thought that the Fedora
> > Foundation
> > > upon release from Red Hat's grip, would allow for
> > > inclusion of the programs that could not be added
> > > because of licensing issues.
> >
> >
> > Users who want everything so neatly and conviently
> > packaged should pony up
> > cash to pay for the non-free things they wish to
> > enjoy. And in all fairness,
> > by the graces of the guys at Livna and ATrpms, all
> > these free things can
> > easily be added to a fresh install.
> >
> > Do I sense some Red Hat dislike in your tone?
>
> Not at all.  Red Hat sponsors Fedora which I like and
> all those things I can get on my own.  I personally do
> not mind going through other packages and getting what
> I want and configure the system to my liking.  It was
> an honest question which many people ask and they do
> not get a clear answer.


Fair enough. I was just curious. May the fedoraproject.org site needs to
make this very clear somehow.

[snip]
>
> I think it is fair to say this is not the longest
> > thread. Earlier  this
> > year there was a thread about top posting and other
> > bad list practices, that
> > thread was very long if I remember correctly.
> >
> Yes, but this one is not too far behind.


I suspect you maybe right, pity we have know way of knowing for sure.

--
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