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And what really is wrong with that? Surely if consumers of his software can do that, why is he held to different standards?
by adharmad 17y ago
And what really is wrong with that? Surely if consumers of his software can do that, why is he held to different standards?
- wvenable 17y agoHe's not being held to a different standard. Microsoft doesn't get credit for every memo or power point presentation! Why should Zed get credit for every web site? It doesn't make sense. He wrote a cog.
- jcl 17y agoMicrosoft, on the other hand, gets paid for every memo and presentation, even though they just "wrote a cog". It's not unreasonable for Zed to desire something in return for writing a cog, even if he perhaps has not been using an optimal strategy for achieving it.
- wvenable 17y agoMicrosoft gets paid because they're a business. It is unreasonable because Zed is not running a business. Running a business is hard -- a lot harder than just writing software and releasing it to the wind.
- tjogin 17y agoIt's not about different standards, it's about different approach. You can't just make software, give it away, and expect money to rain down on you from everywhere it is used — it doesn't work like that. If you want money from your software you need to offer it with a business model coupled with either advertising or a price point. But you knew that already.
- kgrin 17y agoWell, in a sense that's what he's doing now - the whole "Open source to open source, corporation to corporation" bit.