Re: Some small utility for Mac OS X.
Re: Some small utility for Mac OS X.
- Subject: Re: Some small utility for Mac OS X.
- From: Eric Friedman <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:41:50 -0700
Gary, taken to its logical conclusion, your position requires that you
discard any software on your system that was given away for free, or
risk being a hypocrite. On my mac that would include gcc, perl, the
bsd subsystem, apache, sendmail, emacs --- hmm, that's not going to
leave much. Come to think of it, when you're all done your machine
won't even boot. I'd be happy to take it off your hands, and I'll even
pay you a token sum so you'll be able to hold your head high and say
you never gave anything away for free.
Eric
On Friday, October 10, 2003, at 11:33 AM, Clark Cox wrote:
On Oct 10, 2003, at 11:24, Rice, Gary wrote:
Sandeep -
I have a fundemental problem with your request. Giving your work away
for
free sends a message that:
1) Software is easy to write
2) Anyone who charges for their stuff is obviously trying to get rich
on the
backs of others
3) All software should be free
That is a HUGE dis-service to those of us who write software for a
living.
That's absurd. That's like saying that I, as a musician, cannot
compose a piece of music, and then release it for free, because it
would hurt people who sell music for a living, or that, a painter
cannot paint something, and then give it away, because it somehow
undermines the livelihood of people who sell their paintings. Giving
away software only hurts people who don't write software that is
compelling enough to pay for. For the record, I write software for a
living.
Please reconsider your request. After you've identified something
worth
writing (not a trivial task on its own), ask people to pay for it.
--
Clark S. Cox III
email@hidden
http://homepage.mac.com/clarkcox3/blog/B1196589870/index.html
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