johnny121b Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I thought some of you might be interested to know- the author of Slackware is in a bad financial situation. It's my understanding Slackware is the basis for UnRAID, one of the oldest maintained Linux distros, and apparently is almost a 1-man-operation. I've supported UnRAID by buying extra licenses in the past, and I think the author of its underpinnings should probably also be worthy of our gratitude as well. I have no connection with him in any way, and if this is inappropriate somehow, I won't be offended if my post is removed, but I think this is worth putting in front of everyone here. Forum discussion that introduced the issue to me. TLDR- see pages 1, 11, 31 (as of this writing) Another mention on distrowatch Quote Link to comment
ijuarez Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Very sad, what bothers me is that he states he had an agreement for profits from "The Store" of 60/40 if after 1 year he has not seen any real money why did he not demand accounting? and at 2 years I would be filing a lawsuit. Quote Link to comment
pwm Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Good post. It's easy to believe that the maintainers of the bigger Linux distributions have companies and sponsorship deals to make sure they can live a decent live while spending their time on their pet projects. Quote Link to comment
Altheran Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 A real shame really, Just sent a few bucks to his paypal ... Maybe @limetech could have a talk with the guy ? Maybe sponsor him ? Quote Link to comment
johnny121b Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, Altheran said: A real shame really, Just sent a few bucks to his paypal ... Maybe @limetech could have a talk with the guy ? Maybe sponsor him ? I dunno how big the UnRAID market really is, but I doubt L/T is rolling in cash. I figure the user base here can probably make a bigger difference than L/T. I do know Slackware/UnRAID has been a significant part of my hobby life over these last several years. The notion [that he's received nothing directly for the benefits I've enjoyed] didn't seem right...so I wanted to do something beyond just money from one guy. Together, we could make a difference. Edited August 9, 2018 by johnny121b 1 Quote Link to comment
Froberg Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I'll get my UnRAID license first, then obviously if it works out for all involved, I'll be sure to donate to slack, too. Assuming that one is dependant on the other. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 48 minutes ago, Froberg said: Assuming that one is dependant on the other. Loose association. Unraid has used slack as the base OS since forever, but there is no official agreement that I am aware of. If slack ceased development, unRaid would have to adapt. Quote Link to comment
ijuarez Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I'm sure that they have that covered. Quote Link to comment
jumperalex Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 21 minutes ago, jonathanm said: Loose association. Unraid has used slack as the base OS since forever, but there is no official agreement that I am aware of. If slack ceased development, unRaid would have to adapt. King Slackware is dead ... Long Live LimeSlack! ... LimeWare? unSlack?[shrug] it could happen Quote Link to comment
ijuarez Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 King Slackware is dead ... Long Live LimeSlack! ... LimeWare? unSlack?[shrug] it could happenI think it already has. Sent from my BND-L34 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
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