What does a good copy cat look like? October 26, 2013 06:19PM |
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Re: What does a good copy cat look like? October 27, 2013 04:36AM |
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bobc
People find it hard to separate the concepts of money and IP, because for so long owning IP = making money.
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bobc
But merely selling Open Source designs cheaply is not evil
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JustAnotherOne
He has no way of contributing back to the community, or does he?
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Re: What does a good copy cat look like? October 27, 2013 09:14AM |
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Traumflug
If there is no business model around Open Source to compensate for these costs, Open Source can't happen. And the model of relying on unpaid hobbyists is such a model, too, because it requires designers to have other means of income.
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bobc
An evil Open Source copy cat would be someone who makes modifications and refuses to share them, or patents Open Source ideas and prevents others using them.
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Traumflug
If they'd sell actually cheaply, I'd agree. But we mostly see the prices of closed source.
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Traumflug
Of course there are ways to contribute back. The most simple way is to give money straight to the developers. You can also call out prizes, fund developments and do similar things.
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