Qubes OS Begins Commercialization and Community Funding Efforts

Qubes OS itself is a nice idea. I worry about the commercialization aspect, though.

Will the Qubes Team be sharing a portion of their commercial profit with members of the Open Source Community who have previously contributed to Qubes OS?

They do not have any obligation to share profit.

> Will the Qubes Team be sharing a portion of their commercial profit with members of the Open Source Community who have previously contributed to Qubes OS?

As one of the people who has contributed code to Qubes, I don't see why they should do that. I didn't contribute out of hope of financial gain, and I doubt anyone else did. They should use the money to pay for further developments on Qubes, not to pay for work already done and given away for free.

There is such a thing as more than one kind of obligation. Are they LEGALLY obligated to share? Likely no. Are they MORALLY obligated? That's definitely up for debate.

EDIT: The parent does not deserve down votes because you disagree with their opinion. Grow up.

Thanks, there seems to be a lot of downvoting on HN based on disagreement rather than substance :(