Re:Funding Yourself as a Free Software Developer
by calcifer on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @12:33PM
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> help Google transcribe books for their digital library, which is arguably a public good
If they were doing it for a public library or releasing the text as public domain, that would be a public good. As it stands, it's just doing free work for an advertising company.
If they were doing it for a public library or releasing the text as public domain, that would be a public good. As it stands, it's just doing free work for an advertising company.