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One of the great things about software development is that -- theoretically -- you can do a large amount of work up-front, then receive somewhat passive income
by georgieporgie 15y ago
One of the great things about software development is that -- theoretically -- you can do a large amount of work up-front, then receive somewhat passive income by selling that creation.
It seems to me that removing that interesting feature of software moves developers closer to what I generally hear described as serfdom, "wage slave", etc.
Pretending to "sell" shrinkwrapped information is stupid nonsense.
Care to elaborate?
- swombat 15y agoWhile in appearance it may appear that software developers would be harmed if copyright were abolished, I suspect that if that were to happen, software developers would become among the few information creators to get really rich out of it. After all, software is precisely what has helped the information flow faster and better. In a rapidly evolving, copyright-free world, custom software is king.
- tzs 15y agoIf that were correct, wouldn't we already see that effect in the world of free software? It's not quite copyright-free, but it should be close enough.
- Natsu 15y agoLinus Torvalds hasn't done too badly for himself, as far as I know. But if you really want huge profit, you need a model that doesn't rely on copyright, like SaaS. Google got where they are with a combination of the Google Search and AdSense software-based services, neither of which rely on copyright.