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The free software / open source / proprietary software discussion is an important one. For someone new to it, this article is certainly interesting. For me the
by auggierose 6y ago
The free software / open source / proprietary software discussion is an important one. For someone new to it, this article is certainly interesting.
For me the question is how to solve this in the context of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
We'll see there that freedom is pretty much high up in Maslow's hierarchy of needs (it's in the esteem part). Which means, it is very important, but only if your other needs are already met.
Can I live from making free software? How well can I live from
making free software? These are the really interesting questions in my opinion.
Can I be free by making free software?
- dec0dedab0de 6y agoFor anyone new to it I recommend watching revolution OS, it's about 20 years old at this point, and just ignore the part at the end about the stocks, but it has some good interviews with stallman, linus, and others. Including the great line of stallman accepting the linus torvalds award on behalf of the fsf. "It's like giving the han solo award to the rebel fleet"
- oska 6y agoYou're focusing on developers, which is a minute fraction of the population. And even developers mostly use software written by other people. The point of Free Software is to respect the freedom of users of the software.
- auggierose 6y agoTo be honest, I couldn't care less about people who advocate the freedom of software without caring about the freedom of the people who create it. Also, as a developer, if I don't like the terms of some software, I have an additional choice to just not using it: just make what I need myself.