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Open Web != Free software. I like & try to support Free software (I'm writing this in a Linux laptop with Firefox & I try to donate to the GNU regularly), but
by pcr910303 7y ago
Open Web != Free software.
I like & try to support Free software (I'm writing this in a Linux laptop with Firefox & I try to donate to the GNU regularly), but the fact that some apps are the so-called 'closed-source, proprietary' apps doesn't disqualify them to contribute to the Open Web.
Open Web (if I understood correctly) is more about lowering the barrier (skills & time) to participate to the web.
Most of the apps qualify IMO. Things like Postgres.app or Pixelmator are the apps that directly match the category.
I just don't understand why some 'Free software proponents' see proprietary apps as 'evil'. :-(
Do all indie-programmers have to select between starving to death or working in a company that one can't enjoy?
Can't s?he monetize the app/service s?he made?
- zaksoup 7y agoThis is a great point and one of my biggest complaints with the hard-core FOSS/Copy-left software movement. More indie developers is a good thing, even if everything they make isn't necessarily all open source/free. As an aside, did you know that They/Them has been in use for centuries as a gender-neutral singular pronoun, and often makes your text clearer and more readable when referring to a single person of unknown or unspecified gender?
- pcr910303 7y ago> As an aside, did you know that They/Them has been in use for centuries as a gender-neutral singular pronoun, and often makes your text clearer and more readable when referring to a single person of unknown or unspecified gender? Oh, I couldn’t remind of they/them as I am not a native speaker of English. Thanks for pointing that out!