Winter Knight
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Posted: Sep. 17 2006,01:36 |
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| Quote (humpty @ April 06 2006,08:45) | waitaminute.
I'm not sure exaclty I get where Robert's view of this goes, but I feel maybe it's a bit like ticket touting.
You create a sports or concert venue and officially sell tickets only later see them exchanging in the 'market' for 10 to 50 times their value |
That's an excellent analogy, humpty. This phenomenon is an inevitable problem when giving software away for free, or when undercharging for tickets for a gauranteed sell out. Now, undercharging for tickets is a marketing ploy, for overall financial gain, but free software makers are doing it out of the kindness of their hearts.
If somebody pays me to write a software program for them, and allows me to keep ownership, and I just download something FOSS, make a few tweaks, and get paid for it, is that fair to the original devs?
If I give my brother a cool video game for Christmas, and he sells it to his friend for $50, is that fair to me? If I spend a Saturday helping a friend repair his beat up couch, and then he sells the couch for $300, is that fair to me?
The answer is: Fair? Probably not, but somewhat debatable. Possible, going to happen? Definitely. Where there is a need, there is a market. That isn't likely to ever change.
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