@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ summary = """"""
I rarely *enjoy* using free and open-source software. Which I admit seems very
counter-intuitive given how often I proselytize FOSS, and how much I attempt to
use **only** FOSS. I'm absolutely convinced that FOSS is the simplest way to
write ethical software. So if that is true, how can I say I don't enjoy using
write ethical software. So if that is true, how can I say I don't enjoy using
it?
The simplistic answer is the same for why seemingly everyone chooses proprietary
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ all could be very easy to fix given someone spends the time. And there's the
problem. Free and open-source software, usually meets all meanings for the word
free. Only until you consider the time-cost to create that software. Proprietary
software isn't better, it's only they're more likely to be able to afford to
fund the extra time required.
fund the extra time required.
[^yt]: It's also part of why I'm linking to a proprietary video site. :/
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ innately a creative endeavor. The parallels continue, similar to the idea it's
not the artists responsibility to tell someone how they should feel about some
art, or what it's supposed to mean. Value means many different things to many
different people. It's why some donate thousands of dollars, while others
donate thousands of hours.
donate thousands of hours.
Open-source, or perhaps software in general, is just barely starting to come to
this understanding itself. The culture around art is that of giving. To many of
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ us writing software, we are still stuck with the malignant idea that asking is
shameful, or that donations are somehow unfair. That idea is brain-dead! [It
**is** fair](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMj_P_6H69g), don't be tricked by
it just because it's common, and where possible try not to allow anyone else to
be tricked by it either.
be tricked by it either.
Some of the experts in writing free open-source software have not only proven
that you can live the life you want to live by accepting donations, but they've
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ same, even if you're fortunate enough that you don't need the money, or perhaps
open-source code, take the time to allow your users to donate to you and your
projects. You may not need the money, but someone else writing good software
that I need in my life might; and they [may not be able to
ask](https://youtu.be/xMj_P_6H69g?t=402).
ask](https://youtu.be/xMj_P_6H69g?t=402).
[^caveat]: I'm not currently accepting any money. Just donations, anything