And the french know it! Open source is great! It's like having an army of slaves from all around the world working for us. And you know what? They don't take a buck! I love open source. It allows me to take the hard work of other people and sell it without my company spending money on development costs. That way, everyone benefits from it. Well, everyone but the original developers. But hey, they will continue the development of those open source products. They don't care, my wallet don't care:D They're happy, i'm happy! Everyone's happy!!!
What happens when i spend 1 year developing a game and GPL it? Worst scenario case, only one person will buy the game, the others will copy it. Services? No, people don't need support for games...
What if i spend 2 years developing a killer software, GPL it, IBM comes, takes my hard work, make their own version, they have their name beyond the software, better support, etc. What will happen to me? Where's the reward for that 2 years of hard work?
It seems that everyone is talking about freedom... but only freedom to the user. What about my right to be rewarded for my hard work?
Please not that i'm not against free software... i just want someone to give their views about this issues.
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And the french know it! :D
Open source is great! It's like having an army of slaves from all around the world working for us. And you know what? They don't take a buck!
I love open source. It allows me to take the hard work of other people and sell it without my company spending money on development costs. That way, everyone benefits from it. Well, everyone but the original developers.
But hey, they will continue the development of those open source products. They don't care, my wallet don't care
They're happy, i'm happy!
Everyone's happy!!!
go go open source.
What happens when i spend 1 year developing a game and GPL it? Worst scenario case, only one person will buy the game, the others will copy it. Services? No, people don't need support for games... What if i spend 2 years developing a killer software, GPL it, IBM comes, takes my hard work, make their own version, they have their name beyond the software, better support, etc. What will happen to me? Where's the reward for that 2 years of hard work? It seems that everyone is talking about freedom... but only freedom to the user. What about my right to be rewarded for my hard work? Please not that i'm not against free software... i just want someone to give their views about this issues.