- cross-posted to:
- foss@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- foss@lemmy.world
I’ve always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let’s change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?
I only skimmed your article, but so far I like what I am reading, and how you dovetail it into a discussion about UBI and so on.
But one quick criticism: if I were you I would try to get a bit more well-versed on the difference between “free-as-in-free-beer” software, “free-as-in-freedom” software, and “open source” software. There are lots of articles about this, especially at the The Free Software Foundation. But in short:
Constructive criticism is invaluable, so thank you. This point has been brought up multiple times by now, therefore I’m thinking of a way to incorporate it into the text. For starters a link to this Lemmy thread has already been included.
I added a footnote on top and added your comment to the sources because I’m low on time to write a new paragraph properly just this minute.