Write some software, give it away for free

Re:Write some software, give it away for free by carlosjobim on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @01:13PM (#48038739)

And if you invent or create something which brings a lot of value to other people, then your share should be just as big as everybody else's?

30% of the food eaten on the planet by people today is grown thanks to a German scientist who invented a way to extract fertilizer from air. He is directly responsible for the ability of billions of people to live and survive. What would be his fair compensation?

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Re:Write some software, give it away for free by cortesoft on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @02:06PM (#48039479)

I don't have some sort of definitive answer to this, and I don't think there is an objectively right answer. It is very open to debate.

My point is that it isn't unreasonable to think it is troublesome to want to be rich.

Personally, I think there is some appropriate compromise between "people should take as much as they can for themselves, however much they can negotiate" and "people should never take more than the poorest person". So no, I don't think everyone should get the exact same share as everyone else, but I also don't think anyone should take a million times as much as the average person.

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