• thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    I don’t like statements like “paying for software is stupid”. Developers for Free software have this long standing issue that many people don’t want to pay them. Paying and using closed source proprietary software is stupid, especially if there is good free and open source libre alternatives.

    We need to figure out a monetization plan how to make people want to pay for free software. This will not only incentivize doing Free software, it also makes it possible for people making a living out of it. Everyone benefits from it!

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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      3 months ago

      Maybe it’s time to start funding software infrastructure the way we fund physical infrastructure - with tax dollars.

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      3 months ago

      aGPLv3 is a good business model. If companies are using your kit in their closed source projects, they need to pay you

      donationware is abandonware. We brand it Apache2.0 or MIT