Tim Schwab’s book lashes out at the magnate and philanthropist, depicting him as an unpleasant person whose charity work actually conceals an operation of power
He is asking people not to pirate his software because the software development team is barely breaking even.
I’m fully prepared to believe I’m missing context here.
This makes him sound a bit money-grubbing, maybe, but without context, it sounds like a software owner being anti-piracy, which is not an obscene position to take.
I guess the answer to that depends on how one sees proprietary software. I like the free and open source community and this is why I find this letter problematic, to say the least.
In the first 10 minutes or so of the Revolution OS documentary -which is very old btw- one can get a general overview of this time period.
What is problematic about his open letter?
He is asking people not to pirate his software because the software development team is barely breaking even.
I’m fully prepared to believe I’m missing context here.
This makes him sound a bit money-grubbing, maybe, but without context, it sounds like a software owner being anti-piracy, which is not an obscene position to take.
I guess the answer to that depends on how one sees proprietary software. I like the free and open source community and this is why I find this letter problematic, to say the least.
In the first 10 minutes or so of the Revolution OS documentary -which is very old btw- one can get a general overview of this time period.
I’m foss all the way myself, but I don’t think wanting to be paid for your work is an indicator of some implied amorality or some character failing.
Especially not 30 years ago, where it was universally expected in the loudest advocate culture for capitalism.
Oh, thanks for that link, I actually have watched it before, I think I stumbled on it on Reddit somewhere years ago