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Only read the executive summary, but that far it just reinforces my view of open source as the road to serfdom for talented engineers. Sure, there’s a line here
by bjornsing 4y ago
Only read the executive summary, but that far it just reinforces my view of open source as the road to serfdom for talented engineers. Sure, there’s a line here and there about funding maintenance and security audits, but writing it in the first place should of course be free.
I have the greatest respect for Richard Stallman sleeping under his desk at MIT so he could write gcc. But I like to get paid. I like to do business. I would like to write challenging and interest software while living in a house, and yes: partaking in the capitalist system. I don’t like the idea that any challenging and interest work in software must be given away for free.
- pabs3 4y agoThere is no reason to not get paid for writing Free Software in the first place too. Some Free Software companies do that, but there are also things like grants. https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/resources https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/resources
- bjornsing 4y agoYes! Wonderful. While my friends who are exceptional lawyers or doctors can look forward to a career with more and more challenging work, an elevated position in society and exceptional earnings, I can look forward to: begging for grants or being employed on the lowest rung of some mega corp. It’s truly wonderful the position we have gotten ourselves into as a profession. ;) /s
- goodpoint 4y agoYou are confusing Open Source and Free Software. Richard Stallman always pushed for reciprocal licensing e.g. GPL. Companies have been pushing against that because they love taking without giving back.