yeah i guess one can donate? most open source stuff ive seen is free though. What if a hundred years into the future nano tech is booming and we can replicate pretty much anything we want, wont that be the next revolution, kicks industry out of the water, and labour will be just lots of you programmer guys.
Err.... you can pay for open source as well. In software we build businesses on supporting open source code; for example companies pay me to install and customize OSS. Other people get paid to distribute it or integrate it with non-OSS software (eg: SUSE).
There are aspects of the open source community that are gift-based and about rep and recognition and the exchange of services and knowledge without financial transactions.
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There will always be a form of commerce amongst societies.
Open source is actually big business.
imnotahelicopter, open source really doesn't have to mean no money. You know that, right?
yeah i guess one can donate? most open source stuff ive seen is free though. What if a hundred years into the future nano tech is booming and we can replicate pretty much anything we want, wont that be the next revolution, kicks industry out of the water, and labour will be just lots of you programmer guys.
Err.... you can pay for open source as well. In software we build businesses on supporting open source code; for example companies pay me to install and customize OSS. Other people get paid to distribute it or integrate it with non-OSS software (eg: SUSE).
There are aspects of the open source community that are gift-based and about rep and recognition and the exchange of services and knowledge without financial transactions.