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re: core-js sadness,

Does FOSS need a non-commercial license?

@cobra@fedi.vern.cc @alcinnz @dheadshot

I remember hearing rms say that he paid the rent for several years by selling tapes of EMACS to people by mail.

With all FOSS projects being online, that's no longer a possibility.

I know it wouldn't be truly Free, but I'm wondering if something like CC BY-NC would be beneficial, or if people just need to be better at marketing themselves.

@RL_Dane @cobra@fedi.vern.cc @alcinnz @dheadshot

As the COMM major my tendency is to lean toward being good at marketing yourself. ;)

Here's the thing about licensing: for someone starting out in a field like writing or coding freelance, the concern is less that people will pirate your work or make it proprietary and more that they'll never run into it at all because your license was restrictive and people weren't sharing it.
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@RL_Dane @cobra@fedi.vern.cc @alcinnz @dheadshot
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My personal tendency is to lean toward putting things out there for free with permissive licenses to get yourself known, then to try and make some money off of your newfound popularity, perhaps by selling a service like hosting for a FOSS project you made.

@benjaminhollon Ah, “I’m giving you exposure and that’s more valuable then money” line.

Don’t do anything for free, if you want to make a career out of whatever. If your work is valuable to someone, make them pay.

That mindset is a problem with FOSS. It’s disingenuous. “I’m going to get people hooked, and start charging” is a very cynical attitude.

People who want to opt out of capitalism should have the option to opt out.

@RL_Dane @cobra @alcinnz @dheadshot

Benjamin Hollon 🇺🇸🇲🇾🇮🇳🇦🇫

@jollyrogue @RL_Dane @cobra@fedi.vern.cc @alcinnz @dheadshot

I agree with the sentiment of not doing anything for free that you hope to make a living off of it, but I do think that Writing is a slight exception. I just have to be careful about *what* I make available for free.

@benjaminhollon There are shades to everything. Writing press releases for your local ASPCA for free is different then a very successful bakery.

Writing about hobbies because you like them is a different category.

People can do things because they like doing them.

@RL_Dane @cobra @alcinnz @dheadshot