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0 pointsbonzini2y ago0 comments

Community expectations aren't necessarily correct and probably won't help paying the salary of thousands of engineers.

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jrm42y ago

Sorry, but the people who started this in no way were prioritizing anyone's salary. They had a vision of freedom, and THAT VISION -- more than "someone trying to do a company" -- is what got the best parts of this software going. One company that can't make the numbers work ain't my problem.

bonziniOP2y ago

And you're wrong. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html

"Distributing free software is an opportunity to raise funds for development". Paying salaries is a way to fund developers. Ergo, distributing free software is an opportunity to raise funds to pay the salaries of free software developers.

jrm42y ago

I said prioritizing, I didn't say anything like "didn't consider at all"

pravus2y ago

I didn't say they were correct. I said be aware of them.

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jrm42y ago

bonziniOP2y ago

And you're wrong. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html

jrm42y ago

I said prioritizing, I didn't say anything like "didn't consider at all"

pravus2y ago

I didn't say they were correct. I said be aware of them.

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