În 2013-12-19 12:36, arielxgbar...@gmail.com a scris:
You can't make money just from selling free software.
You can.
You will sell a few copies, then free (as in money) downloads will be all over the internet.
Let them be, nobody should people from sharing software and improve it. What is important in a free software commercial distribution is to build the *trust* by continuously developing and innovating that free software and by investing in its stability and security. Then users will much prefer buying copies (in binary form and along with it in full source code form) from your distribution, because you are a driving force for that free software so an meritocratic authority for its user base.
The best thing to do would be to free it after a decent amount of money has been made,
I consider liberation funds to be unethical. A software developer should never restrict its users, not in the beginning (until she rises the amount of money she requests) not ever.
or to do free software development as a part time job.
If the part time job involves proprietary software development, then it's wrong. It's wrong to be anti-social. If you are making a living from being anti-social, then you should think to change your ways or at least change your area of activity. Don't help corporations gain more power over computer users.
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