Profanity in Open Source

September 8th, 2007 | by ocs |

I recently received an email from one of registered users of the ocszone.com

The email follows;

from a user….
At Joomla Extensions it is said that moseasymedia is free,but here at your download you demand credit card details and want to chargeThis is bull shitI’ll fucken tell everyone I can about your con

fucken piece of shit

This email is obviously from someone who does not know what GPL means. Indeed, let me rephrase; from someone who does not know how to read.

ocszone.com clearly states - in multiple places- that the software we develop and distribute is free of charge unless stated otherwise. Most of those notices are in different colors and bold, so that they will be eye-catchy. And we do NOT demand any private and financial information.

Please be honest, how can you miss such a remark on the front page of a website :)

from ocszone.com
***Important*** Please read the red.The download mechanism may look a bit strange to you at first, but please keep in mind, we will not return anyone for the lack of funds or no donations.

  • If you do not want to support to project by making a donation, simply click “Return to OCS Software Solutions Ltd.” link at the bottom of the PayPal page. That will take you back to your “Account” page and your download link will be sent to your email address in less than an hour.

  • If you do not click “Return to OCS Software Solutions Ltd.” link on PayPal, your download will be in a Pending state, and requires manual clearing on our side, which may take a bit longer than 1 hour.

SO, DO NOT BE ALARMED TO SEE AN AMOUNT DURING YOUR DOWNLOAD CHECKOUT. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY IT.
I would like to emphasize very strongly that, “We are NOT trying to deceive or to force you to pay by this download process.”

That person’s email gave me a good laugh after its initial frustration period.

  1. One Response to “Profanity in Open Source”

  2. By bozo on Sep 9, 2007 | Reply

    Well, it’s obvious that some people suffer from illiteracy. It’s not their fault, really. Though it is frustrating.

    There’s nothing that can be done about it, just need to endure.

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