Private software is libre.
Write or customize libre software on a contract basis
Write or customize libre software for an online service
Service sales fund development. Excludes Service as a Software Substitute
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Ghost
Canvas LMS
Sharetribe
Write or customize libre software for a hardware product
Product sales fund development.
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Organizations provide funds and benefit from the software and marketing.
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Pay what you want distribution
End-users pay for a ready-to-run supported program from an official source.
Sell a limited run of physical copies
Works well for games. Gives collector value to the product.
Funding from charities
Funding from other non-profit organizations
Grants
Write or customize libre software for a hardware product Product sales fund development.
Good luck getting the hardware manufacturer to pay you for it.
fluffrabbit {l Wrote}:That's great, and I love hearing about you guys from HP, IBM, etc. But honestly, drivers and memory management and the like don't interest me. I never studied computer science and my interest is more in games if I'm to work on software at all. Sure, I could probably hack together some driver code, but why bother? I'm glad you got to do what you liked to do, but I am far removed from that world.
smcameron {l Wrote}:fluffrabbit {l Wrote}:That's great, and I love hearing about you guys from HP, IBM, etc. But honestly, drivers and memory management and the like don't interest me. I never studied computer science and my interest is more in games if I'm to work on software at all. Sure, I could probably hack together some driver code, but why bother? I'm glad you got to do what you liked to do, but I am far removed from that world.
I was just responding to your response to "Write or customize libre software for a hardware product. Product sales fund development.", which previously, you did not respond: "I'm not interested in that", but rather "Good luck getting the hardware manufacturer to pay you for it." It turns out there are actually people that do get paid for that.
fluffrabbit {l Wrote}:It makes more sense to a caveman like me to sell a thing in exchange for currency.
fluffrabbit {l Wrote}:Now I know how LGBT people feel.
No, you don't. Comparing developing for a game platform that people don't like is not the same as being a member of group that has been discriminated against, physically attacked, etc. Stop making stupid political comments.
Anyone who looks down on Android development should just be ignored. While I was at BostonFIG Talks, someone asked who had used RPG Maker which they clearly thought wasn't a good development platform. I was particularly surprised that the person said he couldn't develop his own engine but felt RPG Maker was bad.
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