What are the benefits we get from creating and using free software after all ?
How much commercial software is largely improved by the simple virtue of that commercial software using a lot of free software components ?
How many developpers have been attracted to contributing to free software, purely because of it's technical merit, encouraging their employers to "give a little back" to the community which provides a home for properly written middleware to evolve ?
The free software movement has given us a structure for individuals and companies from around the world to collaborate and create better software, for many of us, participation in FOSS is all about collaborating and creating something of higher quality as a result.
So yes, I think that we, as proponents of free software, should be pushing our own ideals, such as protecting important human rights like internet anonymity, these are battles that I would definitely like to see free software communities like GNOME participate in more actively.
However, I don't think that that is "the point" for most people involved, so I would also strognly disagree with saying that "Anything else is a failure".
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Re: Kind of true but missing the bigger picture
Date: 2014-09-28 09:16 pm (UTC)What are the benefits we get from creating and using free software after all ?
How much commercial software is largely improved by the simple virtue of that commercial software using a lot of free software components ?
How many developpers have been attracted to contributing to free software, purely because of it's technical merit, encouraging their employers to "give a little back" to the community which provides a home for properly written middleware to evolve ?
The free software movement has given us a structure for individuals and companies from around the world to collaborate and create better software, for many of us, participation in FOSS is all about collaborating and creating something of higher quality as a result.
So yes, I think that we, as proponents of free software, should be pushing our own ideals, such as protecting important human rights like internet anonymity, these are battles that I would definitely like to see free software communities like GNOME participate in more actively.
However, I don't think that that is "the point" for most people involved, so I would also strognly disagree with saying that "Anything else is a failure".
Cheers,
-Tristan