Re:Open source as a civic duty
by Dewie on Saturday August 17, 2013 @07:09PM
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> Young citizen: please don't buy into this mindset of contributing back to society. It's one of the many ways to find yourself exploited today.
Contributing back to the community is a good thing, but only do it if you're getting some benefit from it. Does spending your money and time for other people give you some business advantage? Help establish your reputation? Pay you back in return? Tickle your morality and make you happy? Cool, then go for it.
But think twice before contributing your time or money for somebody else for free. Chances are they are getting one of those tangible benefits from it, and if you're not, well, what does that make you?
Yep, pretty much agree.
> (the above is satire, with purpose of criticism)
Yep, pretty much agree.
> (the above is satire, with purpose of criticism)
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