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0 pointssprash3y ago0 comments

If payment is your main incentive to work on software you should stay out of the FOSS space. Go write your iPhone/Android app or sell your stuff on Steam. Another little insignificant app store won't convince Adobe or AutoDesk to port their stuff to Linux.

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JohnFen3y ago

I disagree with this stance. There's plenty of room for commercial FOSS. Disclaimer -- I have commercial FOSS on the market.

However, I don't really understand why something like Flathub is needed in order to sell it. That's not been a major issue in my experience.

Is the main point to provide a payment processing service?

freedomben3y ago

What? That seems crazy to me. You would literally turn away people that want to add value to the FOSS foundational ecosystem, which in turn brings in contributors and donations to keep things going?

Also this seems to be a confusion about what FOSS is. FOSS "freedom" isn't about "free as in beer", it's about "free as in speech." The GPL even welcomes commercial software, provided they include the source. I'd be thrilled to see a category of "paid FOSS" in the store, and I'd buy quite a bit of it if prices are reasonable and the software is useful.

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