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Re:Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave by scrollaway on Thursday February 09, 2017 @11:16AM (#13607961)
I understand and I can even agree to some extent, but this leaves developers in the dust.

I long for a world in which someone can make a living out of open source work, similarly to those making a living out of games, mobile apps, youtube videos etc, without having to either work at a company or creating extremely restrictively-licensed software.

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Re:Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave by ghaff on Thursday February 09, 2017 @11:32AM (#13608119)
>making a living out of games, mobile apps, youtube videos

And very few indie game/mobile developers or would-be YouTube stars make a decent living out of it either however they license or sell their work. Same for most writers, independent consultants, etc. Being a freelancer is hard and doubly so when you're selling things that aren't necessities and have a lot of competition.

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