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source achieves just that :) And explain to him his data will still be | source achieves just that :) And explain to him his data will still be | ||
confidential and its not 'open data' :) <ref>[http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2007-March/033195.html Antano Solar's explanation in ILUG Chennai]</ref> | confidential and its not 'open data' :) <ref>[http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2007-March/033195.html Antano Solar's explanation in ILUG Chennai]</ref> | ||
[http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2007-March/033115.html A discussion on ilug Chennai] | [http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2007-March/033115.html A discussion on ilug Chennai] | ||
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“I want to ask you why that question is worth asking. First there are many people who don't have to make money. Importantly even if a person has to make a living, he doesn't have to make a living from everything he does. Lots of people develop free software in their free time and there are people who have to make a living, and they do make a living. To jump from, this person is not rich and therefore has to work, to, this person can't write free software because he is not paid to write it, is an error. There are over a million contributors to free software, a substantial fraction is getting paid and a majority are volunteers. I suspect the reason people bring up this question of economics as a secondary detail is because they are laboring under the misconception that the free software community is impossible, unless the developers are getting paid.” | “I want to ask you why that question is worth asking. First there are many people who don't have to make money. Importantly even if a person has to make a living, he doesn't have to make a living from everything he does. Lots of people develop free software in their free time and there are people who have to make a living, and they do make a living. To jump from, this person is not rich and therefore has to work, to, this person can't write free software because he is not paid to write it, is an error. There are over a million contributors to free software, a substantial fraction is getting paid and a majority are volunteers. I suspect the reason people bring up this question of economics as a secondary detail is because they are laboring under the misconception that the free software community is impossible, unless the developers are getting paid.” | ||
==Does free software affects survival of a company and creates unemployment?== | |||
==How do I start contributing to FOSS?== | ==How do I start contributing to FOSS?== | ||