Re: [News] Goodwill, Justice, Idealism Drive Free Software and Linux
- Subject: Re: [News] Goodwill, Justice, Idealism Drive Free Software and Linux
- From: Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:12:05 +0100
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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Idealism and FOSS, buddies to the end
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> | I think humans are inherently hopeful. So many of us focus on ideals. We are
> | always concerned about things being "fair" and the way things "should" be.
> | That is the underpinnings of idealism.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Cooperation, sharing, allowing free access, etc these are all ideals. Things
> | that we as humans feel are the ways things "should be". These are what Linux
> | and Open Source are all about. Not only the technical work it produces, but
> | the spirit of Community it allows as well.
> `----
>
> http://linuxgeeksunited.blogspot.com/2008/01/idealism-and-foss-buddies-to-end.html
"should be".
But in the real world the GREAT MAJORITY of OSS contributors are
gainfully employed by CLOSED SOURCE SW houses. If they weren't closed
source then their competitors would steal their code and ideas and force
them into bancruptcy. Think Peter Koehlmann, Linonut, Omer etc. You get
the picture.
Think of it like there being something 700 different Linux distros, but
only one or two really work properly and are properly looked after. The
ones making income of course.
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