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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by antidesitter on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @11:50PM (#17824429)
> This is why I always get very frustrated with the particular kind of pseudo-libertarian who blithely asserts that artists and writers don't need to be fairly compensated for their work

Who gets to determine what is “fair compensation” and to whom?

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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by chipotle_coyote on Thursday August 23, 2018 @03:10PM (#17829803)
Who gets to determine whether you're being paid enough for whatever it is you do? Who gets to determine whether college tuition is reasonable? Who gets to determine whether you paid a fair price for that burger? Who gets to determine if "who gets to determine..." is actually a good faith question?
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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by pdimitar on Thursday August 23, 2018 @11:06PM (#17832479)
Universal Basic Income, adjusted per country, is a very good start. Probably assign varying coefficients to it depending on demand and supposed rarity of the job. There are not that many building architects for example so probably multiplying UBI times 2.5 is "fair".
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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by antidesitter on Friday August 24, 2018 @12:16AM (#17832760)
> Universal Basic Income, adjusted per country, is a very good start. Probably assign varying coefficients to it depending on demand and supposed rarity of the job.

So based on supply and demand, i.e. prices?

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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by pdimitar on Friday August 24, 2018 @08:07AM (#17834384)
Not exactly. More like it will never fall below a certain threshold which we can deem to be "the fair payment".

In a pure supply/demand market races to the bottom can and do happen.

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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by antidesitter on Friday August 24, 2018 @09:04PM (#17838977)
How is the bottom threshold for "fair payment" determined for different types of jobs?
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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by pdimitar on Sunday August 26, 2018 @10:41AM (#17846123)
Respectful existence. Lone mothers with 2 kids should not have to work on 2 places just so they and their kids have something to eat.
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