Re: Request free live CD
On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:09:29 +0100
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jo, 10 feb 22, 20:05:32, Celejar wrote:
> > On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:47:18 +0100
> > <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 03:05:26PM +0100, Dozzyjean Dozie wrote:
> > > > Please I will be very much interested to get a live CD from you, please
> > > > what are the prerequisites that are needed to be archived this request free
> > > > cd for free from you.
> > >
> > > See here:
> > >
> > > https://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd
> > >
> > > Since burning a CD and putting into the mail costs money, you can't
> > > expect someone doing it for you. In the above page it is explained
> >
> > I'm genuinely curious about this: time and money are both scarce and
> > precious resources. Why is there an assumption that people will gladly
> > donate of their time to help others, but not their money? Is it because
> > the assumption is that the person asking for help should just spend
> > his own money, but may not be able to solve his problem by spending his
> > own time?
>
> Assuming I might have a decent internet connection, a disc burner and
> spare blank media I might consider helping out.
>
> However, this particular request feels too much like someone just
> wanting to take advantage of some freebie ("hey, I heard you give out
> stuff for free so I want some"), as opposed to someone in real need
> (hey, internet here is slow and/or metered, media burners are nowhere to
> be found, etc., could someone help out?").
Totally understandable. Just to be clear, I did not mean to criticize
or accuse anyone of irrationality or hypocrisy - I was just curious
about the mindsets of open source devotees.
Celejar
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