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If people don't pay for FOSS, how do you expect developers who develop FOSS to feed their families? The "free" in "Free and Open Source Software" is free as in
by jdbernard 4y ago
If people don't pay for FOSS, how do you expect developers who develop FOSS to feed their families?
The "free" in "Free and Open Source Software" is free as in speech, not free as in beer. We'd like to think that decision to charge or not charge for the product is orthogonal to the decision to make the source code available. In practice there is some interrelation.
But FOSS was never "you can't charge for it."
- Ekaros 4y agoDo it as hobby in their free time? Maybe work in some other field producing actual physical things during day and then in evenings spend hour or two tinkering with free software? Just like any hobbying artist?
- pjmlp 4y agoLike a street performer trying to make it to the end of the month rather.