Talk of a Split from Docker

Re:Talk of a Split from Docker by cyphar on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @05:58PM (#12394284)

> because it ain't charging money.

Free software refers to freedom, not price[1]. Companies have been making money selling free software for more than 20-30 years at this point (even free software that is developed in the open).

[1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

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Re:Talk of a Split from Docker by user5994461 on Saturday September 03, 2016 @06:41AM (#12418673)

> Free software refers to freedom,

Philosophically speaking, maybe. In practise though, free software are considered because of pricing and not freeness.

Bring a PAID open-source software for a comparison in front of your directors and/or fellow engineers. I did that many times, from $1000/year to $3M/year subscription.

Even the most open-source aficionados will quickly reveal that he doesn't care about open-source. All he thinks about is pricing.

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Re:Talk of a Split from Docker by cyphar on Saturday September 03, 2016 @08:55AM (#12419012)

I gladly pay for free software, and donate to several groups of developers developing free software. Maybe I'm in the minority, but at least I stick to my principles -- free software for me is about freedom (I contribute to many projects that I use every day, which I wouldn't be able to do without free software). Price is irrelevant.

In addition, I work for a free software company -- everything I work on is done in the open and all of our customers have freedom when they use our software. So I really do practice what I preach, and encourage others to follow suit.

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