Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

[Jarno Suni]

> On Friday, October 14, 2016 2:13 AM, Alberto Salvia Novella <es20490446e at gmail.com> wrote:


> Well, better to fix a thousand computers for the same effort than 
> servicing yours alone.

If you get money for fixing each computer individually, i.e. supporting each client individually, it might be a better deal for you not to provide a fix that services them all publicly.

> In the end of the day I need the fix for myself. Why not sharing it 
> then, so it becomes available in any computer from now on?

Everybody gets fixes that are publicly available, but only contributors pay by their work. It is not supportive that the more you contribute, the poorer you get.

> That said I believe that, in general, one shall only work in what gives 
> good money. Because if it's that valuable to somebody, they will be 
> willing to pay for it.
> 
> Just this case is an exception. As the diversity of contributions makes 
> it difficult to monetize, it's a byproduct of fixing yourself, and you 
> get already a different kind of value: the most powerful computing it 
> can be.


Maybe an association, that had many members, could direct funding to wanted Ubuntu software projects to make Ubuntu and/or its variations greater. The amount of money requested from each member would not be big.