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It would be nice to see all the open source php projects out there once this site picks up. Nothing like good ol' free software to stick it to the man!
by ucdaz 18y ago
It would be nice to see all the open source php projects out there once this site picks up. Nothing like good ol' free software to stick it to the man!
- dmpayton 18y ago"Nothing like good ol' free software to stick it to the man!" Err, that's not really the point of free software. The free software movement is more about freedom than not paying money (libre vs gratis). You really want to stick it to the man? Pirate proprietary pay-for software. But you wouldn't want to do anything illegal now, would you?
- davidw 18y ago> Pirate proprietary pay-for software. Beware that in some cases, that's still a net gain for the proprietary vendor: if you weren't able to pay much for, say, Photoshop, better to have you as a Photoshop user who will buy it at some later date, recommend it to your friends, and otherwise participate in the Photoshop using community, rather than, say, learn Gimp on Linux.
- dmpayton 18y agoThis is true, but there are many people who will always pirate no matter what. I know people who pirate everything from Photoshop and Windows to music and movies, not because they /can't/ pay, but because they simply don't want to.
- netcan 18y agoWhat would they do if pirating was impossible? Use Gimp or buy Photoshop?
- dmpayton 18y agoHypothetically speaking, both. Those that could afford it would buy it and grumble, those that can't would use Gimp. But this is reality, and the reality is that pirating is easy to do even with all the DRM/anti-piracy stuff that is in place.
- netcan 18y agoFor those that would buy, piracy is a net loss for the company. For those that would use open source, it's a net a loss. It's like the old saying: "Only thing worse then being talked about.." Only thing worse then being pirated is not being pirated.
- ucdaz 18y agoI agree that it's not just about free software. Open source is a great movement for expression and challenges you to grow. But at the same time, aren't you sick of big companies making us pay for crappy software...uh um windows vista?