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> Open source does not mean "gratis". See for example this historic order form of software offered by the Free Software Foundation: If the best example in supp
by adwn 5y ago
> Open source does not mean "gratis". See for example this historic order form of software offered by the Free Software Foundation:
If the best example in support of your thesis is a "historic order form" (not even a revenue statement!) from 30 years ago, way before the ubiquitous availability of high-speed Internet, then you might want to rethink your position.
- q-big 5y ago> If the best example in support of your thesis is a "historic order form" That is why I gave a second example.
- alpaca128 5y agoYour second example with Kickstarter stretch goals doesn't change much imho, it's a one-time payment which won't really work long-term for a company, and after the release it's the same situation again. In the end that's still not payment for the software itself or the license to use it, but for development with the typical risk of investment.
- q-big 5y ago> it's a one-time payment The claim was about open source being gratis: > I would really like to live in a world when open source doesn't necessarily mean gratis and not about being able to enforce recurring payments.
- forgetfulness 5y agoSelling units of something is different from one-time patronage. There's no way you'll employ more than yourself by doing 100k fund raisers for your work, and Software often requires teams. If this were economically viable, it'd be happening often.