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まさおのChangeLogメモ / 2006-08-04

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2006-08-04 Fri

* (Yazlist) YAZ Support and Sustainability

http://lists.indexdata.dk/pipermail/yazlist/2006-August/001673.html
(snip)
As we all know, freely available Open Source software is not really
free. Money and programming resources are needed to keep the effort
going. Up to now, most of those resources going to YAZ and Zebra have
been contributed by a few of you who have sponsored major
development, and by Index Data staff who have taken time from their
paid work to keep on improving the software without compensation. We
are asking all of you to be honest with yourselves and with us: if
you feel that YAZ or Zebra are important for your organization and
you have been getting a "free ride," please do the right thing, both
for yourselves and for the entire YAZ and Zebra communities, and sign
up for our ticket-based support.

YAZサポート購入のお願い!? ……ものすごい率直な営業活動やね。

[2006-08-06追記]
と揶揄してしまいましたが、、、、真面目な話。

彼らIndexData社の地道な努力による成果は大変貴重なものであると思い
ます。国内でYAZを製品に組み込むなどして活用されている団体はぜひと
も製品開発への投資の一部として、サポートサービスの利用を検討しても
らいたい。
# 「フリーライド」などとはやや物騒な台詞もあるが、そのへんは大目に
# 見てあげたい。。。