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    1 year ago

    Should programmers work for free? Will someone provide me with a free car to develop this on? Will someone provide me with a free test track?

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      1 year ago

      The programmers who wrote the code were already paid, this argument doesn’t really hold up.

      Also, the notion of people automatically not getting paid because open source is a farce.

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        The programmers who wrote the code were already paid, this argument doesn’t really hold up.

        They can be paid because the company they work for charges money for what they produce.

        The programmers who wrote the code were already paid, this argument doesn’t really hold up.

        The idea that all, or even most, software should be open source is also ridiculous.

        I think OSS is great, but it’s mainly suitable for a specific class of software. Specifically: software that everyone needs and where there is no point in having a lot of different implementations. If something is needed by everyone, then everyone should pitch in share the cost and effort. Take operating systems: everyone needs a general purpose OS, so having something like Linux makes sense. Everyone needs a HTML rendering engine, so that also makes sense as an OSS project. More specific software with a small target audience is better suited as closed software.

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          I think OSS is great, but it’s mainly suitable for a specific class of software. Specifically: software that everyone needs and where there is no point in having a lot of different implementations.

          Tell me you don’t understand OSS without telling me you don’t understand OSS.

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            So if I need to have some very specific software developed for my company, why would that need to be OSS?

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      Should programmers work for free?

      Most of the Internet as well as the Fediverse is built on open source software by people who aren’t working for free.

      Will someone provide me with a free test track?

      Should I be hit by a self-driving car by someone who didn’t pay extra to make it safer?