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To provide some context on his aims, Stallman sees money as a malign influence; he lives his own life cheaply so he can concentrate on what's important to him,
by mithaler 15y ago
To provide some context on his aims, Stallman sees money as a malign influence; he lives his own life cheaply so he can concentrate on what's important to him, not what money tells him to do. See this transcript: http://www.gnu.org/events/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.txt http://www.gnu.org/events/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.txt
Another thing that Microsoft, well, not just Microsoft, people who don't support free software generally adopt a value system in which the only thing that matters is short-term practical benefits: How much money am I going to make this year? What job can I get done today? Short-term thinking and narrow thinking. Their assumption is that it's ridiculous to imagine that anybody ever might make a sacrifice for the sake of freedom.
Obviously, not everyone's priorities are aligned that way. I'm not sure to what extent he expects the same of other people. But I can at least see where he's coming from.
- cooldeal 15y agoFor many, the money is not the end goal itself, It's about what you can accomplish with the money. This is a community based on startups, and the founders can identify with this. If they can make a little money on the initial product, they can take it to the next level and serve users better with the money by paying it to others. Make no money and your startup goes to die and no, it's very unlikely that a willing army of hackers will descend on your git if you open source it and make it better for you and others. Instead, you're more likely to get people who are trying to use it for free, and make you feel obligated to support it for them.
- aklofas 15y agoSounds like someone is mad that his brilliant code didn't get the attention he thought it deserved. There, there. Sorry you're lonely. Maybe your code is just sht?