Comments on: Is Open Source Too Pure? http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/ The official AllPeers blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:00:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: FenBatOneno http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-309908 FenBatOneno Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-309908 I don't even know,fellow!) continued to write in the same vein, it is interesting people! I don’t even know,fellow!) continued to write in the same vein, it is interesting people!

]]> By: she http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-99907 she Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:15:53 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-99907 "As far as all corporations being evil, this is a bit over the top." I reread Heinz post, and this is not what he has written - he wrote that "They do not like corporations, because these only look for ways to make money". He did NOT write that corporations are "evil". Please, if you summarize other people's post, do so rightfully without introducing words which they never wrote. “As far as all corporations being evil, this is a bit over the top.”

I reread Heinz post, and this is not what he has written - he wrote that “They do not like corporations, because these only look for ways to make money”. He did NOT write that corporations are “evil”. Please, if you summarize other people’s post, do so rightfully without introducing words which they never wrote.

]]> By: Fahed http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-96727 Fahed Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:29:04 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-96727 There's more to life than money! There’s more to life than money!

]]> By: Ian Thomas http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-95638 Ian Thomas Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:06:58 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-95638 Matt, you say in a response above that Mozilla is already making money and developers don't seem to care. I think thats because of how Mozilla are using that money - they are investing it into the development of firefox and (to a lesser extent) other Mozilla projects. They are donating to worthy open source causes. They are not paying out big bucks to shareholders or prestigious CEOs (having said that I've no idea what the top people are on, but considering Mitchell originally took her post for nothing I'm sure they could all be earning more elsewhere). Open source developers want the project they are working on to succeed. They want worthy causes to benefit. But many would be put off by the organisation they are assisting getting rich by exploiting them. Matt, you say in a response above that Mozilla is already making money and developers don’t seem to care. I think thats because of how Mozilla are using that money - they are investing it into the development of firefox and (to a lesser extent) other Mozilla projects. They are donating to worthy open source causes. They are not paying out big bucks to shareholders or prestigious CEOs (having said that I’ve no idea what the top people are on, but considering Mitchell originally took her post for nothing I’m sure they could all be earning more elsewhere).

Open source developers want the project they are working on to succeed. They want worthy causes to benefit. But many would be put off by the organisation they are assisting getting rich by exploiting them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94451 Anonymous Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:32:23 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94451 <blockquote>I think Richard Stallman would be frothing at the mouth if he read this </blockquote> <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html" rel="nofollow">I beg to differ</a>

I think Richard Stallman would be frothing at the mouth if he read this

I beg to differ

]]> By: Rod http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94429 Rod Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:08:05 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94429 I think Richard Stallman would be frothing at the mouth if he read this :) I think Richard Stallman would be frothing at the mouth if he read this :)

]]> By: Matt http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94231 Matt Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:33:46 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94231 That's exactly what we're doing. The product has always been free. It's been open source since February (see developer.allpeers.com). We already have a volunteer community that has done a great job localizing the software in 15 different languages. Hopefully we'll be able to get out more code documentation that will help to garner more code contributions as well. That’s exactly what we’re doing. The product has always been free. It’s been open source since February (see developer.allpeers.com). We already have a volunteer community that has done a great job localizing the software in 15 different languages. Hopefully we’ll be able to get out more code documentation that will help to garner more code contributions as well.

]]> By: asac http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94211 asac Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:23:36 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94211 ... is AllPeers free software now or what? Why don't you follow your own approach and open up your sources, build up a volunteer community, while officially trying to squeeze the max of revenue out of it? … is AllPeers free software now or what?

Why don’t you follow your own approach and open up your sources, build up a volunteer community, while officially trying to squeeze the max of revenue out of it?

]]> By: Matt http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94174 Matt Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:55:51 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-94174 Heinz - your point is well-taken, but as far as developers/support/QA is concerned, this is already the case for Mozilla. Anyone volunteering has to accept that the organization is making significant cash. Most people don't seem to care. My structure would be cleaner since people would be volunteering for a pure non-profit and the organization making money would be totally separate. As far as all corporations being evil, this is a bit over the top. Heinz - your point is well-taken, but as far as developers/support/QA is concerned, this is already the case for Mozilla. Anyone volunteering has to accept that the organization is making significant cash. Most people don’t seem to care. My structure would be cleaner since people would be volunteering for a pure non-profit and the organization making money would be totally separate.

As far as all corporations being evil, this is a bit over the top.

]]> By: Heinz http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-93943 Heinz Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:59:11 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/08/is-open-source-too-pure/#comment-93943 There are some things why open source and commerce do not fit together: (free) developer/supporter/tester: They work hard for the os-company. The company makes a lot of money, but the people get nothing. user: They do not like corporations, because these only look for ways to make money; mostly this annoys user, because this means ads, restrictions and spying (in most cases). Everybody is talking about open source companies, but what is with open finance? There are some things why open source and commerce do not fit together:
(free) developer/supporter/tester: They work hard for the os-company. The company makes a lot of money, but the people get nothing.
user: They do not like corporations, because these only look for ways to make money; mostly this annoys user, because this means ads, restrictions and spying (in most cases).

Everybody is talking about open source companies, but what is with open finance?

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