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Yes, we could both compensate people for their work, and have it totally open. It's certainly imaginable; it doesn't violate a law of physics. But that would re
by calibraxis 13y ago
Yes, we could both compensate people for their work, and have it totally open. It's certainly imaginable; it doesn't violate a law of physics. But that would require collective action, like public subsidy. While people refuse to work towards that, for whatever ideological reasons, then we won't have it both ways.
- ScottBurson 13y agoActually, it could be done with crowdfunding. Shameless plug: https://bountyoss.com/ https://bountyoss.com/
- icebraining 13y agoAll the code the company I work for writes is AGPL licensed, and we don't need rent-seeking^Wpublic subsidies to get compensated for it. The trick is to get an agreement before the code is written, as well as providing other services around that code.