XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On 12 Jan 2026 20:16:39 GMT, Niklas Karlsson wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-12, Scott Lurndal  wrote:   
   >> Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=  writes:   
   >>>   
   >>>Aren’t you glad the Free Software world isn’t driven by marketroids?   
   >>   
   >> It's not?   
   >>   
   >> AI Overview   
   >>    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/   
   Eric_S_Raymond_portrait.jpg   
   >>   
   >>    Eric S. Raymond (ESR), the well-known open-source advocate, began   
   >>    charging speaking fees for corporate events in 1999 but waives fees   
   >>    for schools and user groups; however, specific current fee amounts   
   >>    aren't publicly listed, requiring direct contact with booking agents   
   >>    or his website, though general estimates for similar speakers   
   >>    suggest fees could range from thousands to tens of thousands   
   >>    depending on the event and his involvement.   
   >   
   > Was ESR ever nearly as influential as he tried to make it look, though?   
   > OK, so he got speaking fees (unclear how often or how much), but did he   
   > have much effect on actual FOSS projects?   
      
   It's hard to say how much effect he himself had but if you go back to 'The   
   Cathedral and the Bazaar' the bazaar is doing very well these days.   
      
   https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/open-source   
      
   Do you think Microsoft would get involved with a GPL project? How many   
   other FOSS projects use the MIT, Apache, Zero Clause BSD, or other   
   permissive licenses?   
      
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