>It is just a matter of attitude. If programmers themselves support >and demand writing only free software then customers will not complain >as customers need a product. I see a lot of programmers who want to write free software, but feel they must bow down to their corporate overlords, or support currently existing software business models and marketing tactics (rather than looking outside the software industry to invent new ones.) I also know some software developers who love to code, but would rather not touch the "dirty" marketing side of things, thus not using effective methods to reach new customers. And, instead of saying "hey, I need help with that." they label the marketing person as "evil" and push them away.
On Friday, November 20, 2020, 1:40:18 PM EST, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote: * Lori Nagel via libreplanet-discuss <[1]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> [2020-11-20 21:21]: > I believe in buying local if at all possible. Sometimes, that doesn't > work or doesn't really make sense (like if i tried to grow all my > tropical fruit in a greenhouse) I would buy local stuff would it be of good quality. Let us say when thinking of African countries one may think of ecologically produced crops, but that is not so, far from it! They learned what everybody does so they do it too, so they purchase inexpensive Indian manufactured pesticides and spray all over all crops with it, any crops without taking care how to apply it properly. Wordings on the pesticides are written so small that I have to use the magnifier to read it, and it is not because of my eyesight. Then one can read that it causes so many side effects and that one bottle is enough even for many hectares of land. And they spray one bottle on 20 meter by 20 meter piece of land. Then I should eat those beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes and what else. So there is no special preference from where product comes from. Everybody would like it is local as distance is practical benefit and there is no doubt about it. Problem is that local products often do not exist in the form how one wants it. > If there isn't a local one, in your country or geographic area, I > think it is perfectly fine to buy an overseas one. That is one > of the reason why I do not support the abuse of copyright to > prevent people from printing stuff in their own countries. That I did not quite understand. You basically say that you would not prevent people printing stuff in their own countries? In those countries outside of Europe and North America by large and practically there are no problems with any copyrights. Those cases are mostly left for larger companies while normal people can simply do what they want. Would Chinese people would purchase foreign products in large? I do not think so. They have all proprietary and free software anyway gratis or for peanuts, few cents, so they can get it and nobody will punish them. South America, Africa, Central America, Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa, in those areas practical life is pretty much careless in relates to any copyrights. I find it good so and I hate that I have to worry when downloading some files over Torrent when I am in Germany. > I do try to practice what I preach (and I try not to be an > annoying preacher alienating people with impractical ideologies.) > I am a member of a CSA, community supported agriculture. Do you work with villages? Here is one good book for you, I think copyrights expired, it is free, so you may use it to enhance communities: [2]https://www.startyourowngoldmine.com/files/books/social-betterment/H omemaking%20Handbook%20for%20Village%20Workers%20in%20Many%20Countries. pdf > I think that is an interesting business model that software > developers should look into if they want to make a living from > software development without resorting to the proprietary model > for "the long tail" of software, that is, software that is not > general purpose but has a specialized niche audience, (an area > where there is often way to much proprietary software, > particularly software targeted at non-technical people who just > want to get stuff done, and not spend hours writing code.) Alright. I do hold opinion that it does not matter. There were few small orders online and I said if they wish to work with me, that is fine, but software written has to be free software and I have not have problems of acceptance. They agreed on it. And they also used other free software only that nobody in the company used it or looked at it ideologically. We created some shell scripts for customers like installation assistants and similar. Companies really need support together with software. Programmers and companies can as well be free software oriented such as Purism [3]https://puri.sm and still earn good money and make profits. We can see free code hosting providers also making money. We can see Wordpress as free software where plethora of people are making money with it, or by developing it or otherwise. There are so many free software projects that are making money. GNU Health and OpemEMR are good examples as whoever installs such software for hospitals can make good money by providing support, installation and networking in hospitals worldwide. It is just a matter of attitude. If programmers themselves support and demand writing only free software then customers will not complain as customers need a product. Jean References 1. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 2. https://www.startyourowngoldmine.com/files/books/social-betterment/Homemaking Handbook for Village Workers in Many Countries.pdf 3. https://puri.sm/
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