From: alexm0n@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:00:34 -0000 (UTC), David Chmelik wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
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