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I bet there are a lot less carpenters "worth their salt" giving away their designs and "sharing" furniture for free than programmers. Still, if you want and aff

I bet there are a lot less carpenters "worth their salt" giving away their designs and "sharing" furniture for free than programmers. Still, if you want and afford to profess for fame and good will, do it..

moron4hire 10y ago
I think you would be very surprised to see the insides of many periodicals focused on carpentry. Open source and information sharing wasn't invented by a bunch of programmers at Stanford in the 70s.
- leaveyou 10y ago
  >periodicals focused on carpentry Are those periodicals distributed for free ? ad free ? written and printed by carpenters ? Do they give free samples of furniture too ? Your counter analogy just does not stand..
  - TeMPOraL 10y ago
    Before the Internet, publishing and distributing was expensive. But in about every craft, you have people hosting their knowledge and designs for free from the earliest days of the Internet. First self-publishing (webpages) and mail groups, later also on-line forums.
    - leaveyou 10y ago
      I have barely shared an opinion and I'm already forced to offer countless minutes of free "support" because someone on the internet misunderstood it or has surplus minutes for arguing. Now imagine if I had posted a github link to some fancy router, brand new web framework for Golang or whatever. Sorry but I really don't have time to explain you that I don't have time for "free support" even if the hosting is cheap now.
      - TeMPOraL 10y ago
        You're not forced to do anything. You can share stuff and then not reply to people's comments. I think most people understand that others too are busy.
        leaveyou 10y ago
        >You can share stuff and then not reply to people's comments. Good. That's what I meant in the original comment: "Make what you want and don't actively share it". Share if you want but don't waste time sharing/commenting/documenting/crowd pleasing.
  - rhizome 10y ago
    Here's a bunch, mostly ad-free: https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/ https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/ However, you're making a classic category error that says there's no difference between rivalrous goods and public/non-rival goods.
5ilv3r 10y ago
You can't be a master carpenter without teaching the craft.
- leaveyou 10y ago
  But you can really know your craft, have side projects, make a nice living and have a fulfilling life outside your job even if you don't get temporarily crowned "master carpenter" of the <trendy new thing> because you "taught the craft" for free on the internets.

moron4hire 10y ago

I think you would be very surprised to see the insides of many periodicals focused on carpentry. Open source and information sharing wasn't invented by a bunch of programmers at Stanford in the 70s.

leaveyou 10y ago
>periodicals focused on carpentry Are those periodicals distributed for free ? ad free ? written and printed by carpenters ? Do they give free samples of furniture too ? Your counter analogy just does not stand..
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  Before the Internet, publishing and distributing was expensive. But in about every craft, you have people hosting their knowledge and designs for free from the earliest days of the Internet. First self-publishing (webpages) and mail groups, later also on-line forums.
  - leaveyou 10y ago
    I have barely shared an opinion and I'm already forced to offer countless minutes of free "support" because someone on the internet misunderstood it or has surplus minutes for arguing. Now imagine if I had posted a github link to some fancy router, brand new web framework for Golang or whatever. Sorry but I really don't have time to explain you that I don't have time for "free support" even if the hosting is cheap now.
    - TeMPOraL 10y ago
      You're not forced to do anything. You can share stuff and then not reply to people's comments. I think most people understand that others too are busy.
      - leaveyou 10y ago
        >You can share stuff and then not reply to people's comments. Good. That's what I meant in the original comment: "Make what you want and don't actively share it". Share if you want but don't waste time sharing/commenting/documenting/crowd pleasing.
- rhizome 10y ago
  Here's a bunch, mostly ad-free: https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/ https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/ However, you're making a classic category error that says there's no difference between rivalrous goods and public/non-rival goods.

5ilv3r 10y ago

You can't be a master carpenter without teaching the craft.

leaveyou 10y ago
But you can really know your craft, have side projects, make a nice living and have a fulfilling life outside your job even if you don't get temporarily crowned "master carpenter" of the <trendy new thing> because you "taught the craft" for free on the internets.