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> And IT folks very much not minded to volunteer their time. This is an ignorant statement. The many millions of hours of work freely given to producing, maint
by oska 10y ago
> And IT folks very much not minded to volunteer their time.
This is an ignorant statement. The many millions of hours of work freely given to producing, maintaining and supporting users of software licensed under Free Software [1] licenses shows it's not true.
I suspect it's just that ‘IT folks’ tend to be cynical about most political parties. So they would want to be paid for any work done for such outfits rather than doing it pro bono.
I'd suggest that politicians who expect they can get such work done for free are the ones who need to “get real”.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
- ajdlinux 10y agoFree Software doesn't mean unpaid volunteer any more, given the number of projects that have developers working for large companies...
- oska 10y agoObviously some developers get paid. But there is still a huge amount of unpaid volunteer work given to these projects.
- ocschwar 10y agoHe meant they do not volunteer their time to political campaigns.