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It's particularly surprising in a place where people who create software gather. You'd think we'd all know better...
by Remnant44 4y ago
It's particularly surprising in a place where people who create software gather. You'd think we'd all know better...
- version_five 4y agoYour comment is surprising. People who create software are very often interested in open source and free software, and I think it's a relatively common view within the tech community that trying to enforce artificial scarcity is a kind of rent seeking and not a desirable or sustainable business model. I know there is also a "you wouldn't steal a car" crowd that confuses imaginary property with real, but certainly other views are common. I'm basically a die-hard capitalist, I just don't believe in rent seeking.
- wilg 4y agoWhat are you talking about with "rent seeking"? We made software. We offer that software for sale. Why is selling software rent seeking? I love open source too, I just don't think proprietary software is problematic.
- krapp 4y agoWhat's surprising is people pretending to be surprised to find pro-FOSS opinions on a forum called "Hacker News."