And I would be a programmer who donates resources - when I said "I shouldn't have to make my own transmission" I probably should have said "people shouldn't" and wasn't considering myself part of the open source thing because I am not currently. I was attempting to speak as one of the masses would, but obviously I am part of the programming community.
None of that means I wouldn't consider coding something for the benefit of mankind. But besides all of this, people should generally have some higher motivations than just profit, especially if they are claiming a higher moral ground.
Also - my bellwether for true use by the "general public" is whether or not my parents install something. If they are using it, it has made its way to the end of the acceptance curve. They use no open source software at all.
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Re: I think you just made a very good point
on 2006-01-31 07:08 pm (UTC)And I would be a programmer who donates resources - when I said "I shouldn't have to make my own transmission" I probably should have said "people shouldn't" and wasn't considering myself part of the open source thing because I am not currently. I was attempting to speak as one of the masses would, but obviously I am part of the programming community.
None of that means I wouldn't consider coding something for the benefit of mankind. But besides all of this, people should generally have some higher motivations than just profit, especially if they are claiming a higher moral ground.
Also - my bellwether for true use by the "general public" is whether or not my parents install something. If they are using it, it has made its way to the end of the acceptance curve. They use no open source software at all.