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>How to make a living creating apps for Linux, whether it be for the Desktop or the phones? I want to phrase this with as much hostility as possible: Don't. So

>How to make a living creating apps for Linux, whether it be for the Desktop or the phones? I want to phrase this with as much hostility as possible: Don't. Software cannot be owned or paid for and any attempt to normalize the opposite is cruel to anybody with a functioning brain. You cannot own a thought, or data, or bits or bytes, and much of the software you will no doubt use to create your premium software was made with this philosophy. If you want to solicit donations that's very cool and there are people who will donate to you. But any attempt to abridge access to code without mandatory payment is not only ridiculous but purely unethical. (and no, I don't care how many HN points I lose by saying this)

tsegers 6y ago
> and much of the software you will no doubt use to create your premium software was made with this philosophy. Even the FSF considers selling software a good thing [1] [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
fctorial 6y ago
> I don't care how many HN points I lose by saying this 5 at most
jraph 6y ago
You can ethically sell a service with your libre software.
oblio 6y ago
You're literally against people making a living developing software for Linux...
jldugger 6y ago
> But any attempt to abridge access to code without mandatory payment is not only ridiculous but purely unethical Is it ethical to pay someone to create software that wouldn't otherwise exist? Is it ethical to create the software and then refuse to deliver it until the check clears? Is it ethical for a semiretired hacker in the US to build a 1 person SaaS company around software written by someone making do with ten dollars a day in the phillipines without sending them a dime?
BlueTemplar 6y ago
Hmm ? https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html > If a license does not permit users to make copies and sell them, it is a nonfree license. And it's because of misunderstandings like these that "free" should be renamed to "libre".

tsegers 6y ago

> and much of the software you will no doubt use to create your premium software was made with this philosophy. Even the FSF considers selling software a good thing [1] [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

fctorial 6y ago

> I don't care how many HN points I lose by saying this 5 at most

jraph 6y ago

You can ethically sell a service with your libre software.

oblio 6y ago

You're literally against people making a living developing software for Linux...

jldugger 6y ago

> But any attempt to abridge access to code without mandatory payment is not only ridiculous but purely unethical Is it ethical to pay someone to create software that wouldn't otherwise exist? Is it ethical to create the software and then refuse to deliver it until the check clears? Is it ethical for a semiretired hacker in the US to build a 1 person SaaS company around software written by someone making do with ten dollars a day in the phillipines without sending them a dime?

BlueTemplar 6y ago

Hmm ? https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html > If a license does not permit users to make copies and sell them, it is a nonfree license. And it's because of misunderstandings like these that "free" should be renamed to "libre".