The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders

Re:The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders by Palomides on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:01PM (#25156964)

it sounds cynical, but before starting any code, I now ask myself "will a corporation profit from this labor?" and if so, I work on something else instead. I never have a shortage of ideas, so it's not a big deal.

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Re:The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders by avhon1 on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:06AM (#25157971)

I'm curious, do you mind giving an example of a software idea which is not potentially profitable?

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Re:The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders by ndiddy on Friday November 20, 2020 @09:43AM (#25160851)

Not him, but I'm currently working on an unauthorized port of an old Japanese computer game to the Sega Saturn. I imagine this has no commercial value.

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