Why not - Re: Paying to improve free software one chooses not to use?

2021-03-30 Thread Jean Louis
* Jim [2021-03-30 02:41]: > Sorry, I must have been unclear, it's nothing so complex.  Adam does use > Lilypond, with the Frescobaldi editor, on an Apple laptop running MacOS.  > I've had a few conversations with him and attended a music workshop with > him; he never mentioned software philosophy

Re: Paying to improve free software one chooses not to use?

2021-03-29 Thread Jim
On 3/28/21 2:13 AM, Jean Louis wrote: * J.B. Nicholson [2021-03-28 03:24]: Jim wrote: In fact this is a good example of how Free Software enables users, even if they don't code themselves: it's my understanding that Adam Good, who plays Turkish music professionally (with NYC band Dolunay amon

Re: Paying to improve free software one chooses not to use?

2021-03-29 Thread Jean Louis
* J.B. Nicholson [2021-03-28 03:24]: > Jim wrote: > > In fact this is a good example of how Free Software enables users, even if > > they > > don't code themselves: it's my understanding that Adam Good, who plays > > Turkish > > music professionally (with NYC band Dolunay among others), raised

Paying to improve free software one chooses not to use?

2021-03-27 Thread J.B. Nicholson
Jim wrote: In fact this is a good example of how Free Software enables users, even if they don't code themselves: it's my understanding that Adam Good, who plays Turkish music professionally (with NYC band Dolunay among others), raised money to hire programmers to extend Lilypond to support Turk