Re: Free Software Company

[Raju Mathur <raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.cosource.com/

There's another one too.

-- Raju

>>>>> "Harveer" == Harveer S <lambysingh@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Harveer> At 08:02 PM 9/13/00 +0530, Gurunandan wrote:
    >> On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Raju Mathur wrote:
    >> 
    >> > If I have 2 rotis and I give you one, I have one roti less.
    >> If I have > 2000 lines of code and I give them to you, both of
    >> us have 2000 lines > of code.  See the difference?
    >> 
    >> No. I agree with your conclusions, but not the logic that got
    >> you there.  Software gets me 2 rotis. If I give the software to
    >> you, I worry that I might get only one roti. Of course I assume
    >> that there are only a fixed number of buyers who will convert
    >> my software to rotis for me.

    Harveer> Yeah, that is the real point. And it explains the fact
    Harveer> that without having a fixed source of income that will be
    Harveer> there even while you are developing the software for
    Harveer> free, you (most of the Indians incl. me) cannot even
    Harveer> think of joining the Free Software Movement.  So, there
    Harveer> has to be [1] either a commercial incentive for
    Harveer> developing the "free" software (but with this, is the
    Harveer> "free software" really "free") [2] or you can have a well
    Harveer> paying job, and contribute to the free software movement
    Harveer> as a hobby (or whatever you call it)

    Harveer> If I were to develop a software for my own use, and I
    Harveer> feel that the thing can be of use to other people, then I
    Harveer> can put it out for them. But this, IMHO does NOT mean
    Harveer> free software. What is means is that you are sharing your
    Harveer> knowledge with the community.

    Harveer> OTOH, combining together to work on major projects that
    Harveer> are "free", would need [1].

    Harveer> So, it is a difficult choice then.