Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:16:04 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I've got a major question... Message-ID: <20190627221604.7794d7b0@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20190627151221.00004412@seibercom.net> References: <c99b07c9-f497-b04e-ee40-a09aec33173d@sound-by-design.com> <CAHieY7RLfbTrqrUPnbTGA-bMnbmC7hYsmnPe%2B8Wb07NpWtsszQ@mail.gmail.com> <cdb5f984-d2cc-bf55-fb75-534b4aed48f9@sound-by-design.com> <20190626063443.51ad3f1b.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAHieY7Q-EZNYwKFXVUagMcfQj34g7nR4MXhpLYF7fS8hRmpYQg@mail.gmail.com> <20190627081518.9dc6f3c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190627091012.44fc65a7@archlinux> <CAMz_NCrQkNr7hQ6858GzDG9BvWkn1-S6oO10_fzbOCzM_BGdTg@mail.gmail.com> <20190627103701.7ea401b8@archlinux> <20190627110340.d0d87cfe.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190627113712.8a8ffbb238f478b08514cf72@sohara.org> <20190627080134.000012d6@seibercom.net> <20190627141756.1bf4a848.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190627153043.7ce7553c@archlinux> <77a7ea05-6264-d052-e03b-1cc889172f38@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20190627151221.00004412@seibercom.net>
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On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:12:21 -0400, Jerry wrote: >I am not a socialist who wants something for nothing. >Nothing is more expensive than "free". This is based upon a fundamental error in reasoning. Software to rent for artists could be a serious problem. I don't want the software for free as in beer. I want to buy (pay for it and then own) the software I want to use, since there are times when I have money and there are times all I've got to eat, are the wallpapers from my walls. To do some work, the software to do the work is needed. If an artist can't pay the rent for the software, the artist can't do the artwork to earn money. You might argue that instead of paying a lot of money at on time, set up an account with all that money and set up a standing order for the rent. This is worldly innocent, such preliminary planning isn't an option for everybody, let alone that not everybody using professional software, is using it for a business model. Btw. a worldview were things are for free as in beer isn't necessarily a socialists worldview. In 100 years and maybe much earlier, an unconditional basic income most likely is the only solution to preserve civilisation. Market economy, even social market economy as we know it, unlikely will exist for much longer. The importance of FLOSS most likely will increase, this is not necessarily related to UNIX/POSIX alike operating systems. To me the attempts to provide more and more software for a rent only, seems to be the last resort to rip off users for the very last time, before the world order will make a fundamental change related to economy, ecological awareness and social progress.
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