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You could say... a working monetization strategy does wonders for products, even free ones. Too bad so many Linux OSS developers are fundamentally against that.
by jotm 8y ago
You could say... a working monetization strategy does wonders for products, even free ones. Too bad so many Linux OSS developers are fundamentally against that.
- wtracy 8y agoWhy do you say that OSS developers are against that? Personally, I am all in favor of any monetization scheme that doesn't infringe on the four freedoms described by the FSF: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
- jotm 8y agoThe downvotes say it for me.
- wtracy 8y agoThe people who read Reddit and Hacker News don't even begin to represent the Open Source community.
- jodrellblank 8y agoWhat evidence do you have to support that claim?
- wtracy 8y agoFrankly, I think that the burden of proof is on anyone who claims that online discussion boards are a snapshot of the FOSS community. That said, anecdotally, very few of the FOSS developers I've worked with are active Redditors or HNers or whatever.