Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement

Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday April 18, 2022 @09:38AM (#31070364)

Ardour has 10's of thousands of users, many of which get the software from their Linux distributions. Nevertheless, more than 6000 of these individuals choose to help fund the project to the tune of between $150k and $210k a year.

So yes, although your observations are not wrong, they do not apply universally.

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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by lovich on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:14AM (#31071807)

> The only customers that would pay are ones that do it for moral purposes, at which point your business selling GPL software isn't a business anymore, but something that receives charitable donations.

> Nevertheless, more than 6000 of these individuals choose to help fund the project to the tune of between $150k and $210k a year.

How is this not covered by the posters comment about it not being a business but a charity if you rely on people paying more than they need to?

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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @12:44PM (#31085555)

> How is this not covered by the posters comment about it not being a business but a charity if you rely on people paying more than they need to?

If that's your definition, then sure.

That's not my definition.

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