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> My revenue for all Your revenue may be, but people behind Gstreamer, Linux and other important serious opensource product do it for money (sometimes pretty b
by ernst_klim 7y ago
> My revenue for all
Your revenue may be, but people behind Gstreamer, Linux and other important serious opensource product do it for money (sometimes pretty big money, Linus has $2millions income).
> When was the last time any of us looked something up in Encyclopedia Brittanica instead of Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is looking for money constantly, the have sponsors, donators, without them it would cease to exist.
Also Wikipedia's quality often is pretty abysmal, especially when it's not in English.
> The carrot-and-stick incentive model doesn't work for fully self-actualized adults.
Sure, let's suggest to abolish patent system and see how many fully self-actualized adults will oppose.
- CiPHPerCoder 7y agoAs someone who has done quite a bit of patentable work in the past 10 years, I would applaud abolishing patents. Cryptography patents makes us all less secure, because nobody uses patented cryptography. It's a net-negative in my industry.
- freeone3000 7y agoYou'll mainly get opposition from people who own patents, not inventors.