Re: Charging the Charger

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

>>>>>>"Taran" == Taran Rampersad <[email protected]> writes:
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>    Taran> Well, maybe the difference is being the person who writes
>    Taran> the code and wants to profit versus the person who doesn't
>    Taran> write the code and wants to profit off of it.
>
>Um, isn't that the whole point of free software, that those who didn't
>write the code get access to it and use it and *gasp* profit from it?
>I really don't think that's the difference.
>  
>
Software developers don't write software so that others can profit from
it. They do it because THEY profit from it, and sometimes this is in a
financial sense. I would hope that if you are profiting off of the work
of someone else that they would get something in return from you.

Suddenly we're back to software as a service for developers, and a
commodity for middle-men. No wonder there's always disagreement.

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