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Is this communication style a function of being involved in FSF, or does FSF just naturally attract very angry people? It's not unreasonable that people should

Is this communication style a function of being involved in FSF, or does FSF just naturally attract very angry people? It's not unreasonable that people should be compensated for work that they've spent months or years of their life working on.

cmiles74 6y ago
I am surprised by this comment; the article seemed clear that the author didn't mind paying for the book. Their issue was that the book was advertised as an EPUB file but then came wrapped in proprietary DRM.
- matt_heimer 6y ago
  Their title is literally "I won't buy ebooks anymore". They've stated their intent to only pirate books. And they bought it with the intent of giving copies to their friends in the role as a "library". If they had stated a preference to only buy DRM-free books that would have been different but they literally link to a book pirating website in the article.
Mr_Sweater 6y ago
I struggle to see it as anything else and I find it difficult to read blog posts like this. Why are so many people so viscerally angry in oss?
- Tehchops 6y ago
  There's definitely a demographic of that culture that comes across as having a very angsty, "hack the planet damn the man" attitude. A surefire way to stoke that anger is to involve them in any kind of process that results in profits being generated. Zealotry is great when you've got ample time on your hands, but some folks have work to get done and bills to pay, i.e. the authors who's books OP is stealing...
smcphile 6y ago
> Is this communication style a function of being involved in FSF, or does FSF just naturally attract very angry people? I agree that the article was poorly written. But you seem to be implying here that people involved with the FSF, as a whole, tend to be angry. I’m not at all sure that that’s true. > It's not unreasonable that people should be compensated for work that they've spent months or years of their life working on. Sure, agreed. And downloading unauthorized copies of ebooks from shady web sites, like the one mentioned in the article, isn’t a fair solution. But, for example, buying only ebooks without DRM from legitimate sources, and otherwise buying paper books, is one possible fair solution without DRM where writers and publishers do get paid.

cmiles74 6y ago

I am surprised by this comment; the article seemed clear that the author didn't mind paying for the book. Their issue was that the book was advertised as an EPUB file but then came wrapped in proprietary DRM.

matt_heimer 6y ago
Their title is literally "I won't buy ebooks anymore". They've stated their intent to only pirate books. And they bought it with the intent of giving copies to their friends in the role as a "library". If they had stated a preference to only buy DRM-free books that would have been different but they literally link to a book pirating website in the article.

Mr_Sweater 6y ago

I struggle to see it as anything else and I find it difficult to read blog posts like this. Why are so many people so viscerally angry in oss?

Tehchops 6y ago
There's definitely a demographic of that culture that comes across as having a very angsty, "hack the planet damn the man" attitude. A surefire way to stoke that anger is to involve them in any kind of process that results in profits being generated. Zealotry is great when you've got ample time on your hands, but some folks have work to get done and bills to pay, i.e. the authors who's books OP is stealing...

smcphile 6y ago

> Is this communication style a function of being involved in FSF, or does FSF just naturally attract very angry people? I agree that the article was poorly written. But you seem to be implying here that people involved with the FSF, as a whole, tend to be angry. I’m not at all sure that that’s true. > It's not unreasonable that people should be compensated for work that they've spent months or years of their life working on. Sure, agreed. And downloading unauthorized copies of ebooks from shady web sites, like the one mentioned in the article, isn’t a fair solution. But, for example, buying only ebooks without DRM from legitimate sources, and otherwise buying paper books, is one possible fair solution without DRM where writers and publishers do get paid.