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Although the author failed to mention, the comments here pointed out the distinction between software from a little guy innovator and a huge corporation. That c
by mAEStro-paNDa 8y ago
Although the author failed to mention, the comments here pointed out the distinction between software from a little guy innovator and a huge corporation. That content was glossed over in the article, but it seems to be a very important part of the conversation about free/paid software.
Not only that, but there's an underlying assumption here that some person or company has to receive a wage or profit for a software to be maintained or repaired, which is simply not true.
- afarrell 8y ago> there's an underlying assumption here that some person or company has to receive a wage or profit for a software to be maintained or repaired, which is simply not true. Indeed, one can have unpaid maintainers. But it is more difficult to keep a healthy team running when none of them can focus full-time on the thing because all of them have to support themselves with other jobs.