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1. Benjamin Hollon (benjaminhollon@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 04:03:08 JST Benjamin Hollon

   • Adrian Cochrane
   • G of many names
   • R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
   • jollyrogue

   @g @jollyrogue @RL_Dane @cobra @alcinnz
   And that's not why it's the end goal—once you have exposure, you still have to harness it with for-profit endeavours. But if you don't have exposure, for-profit projects are going to be useless in most cases.

   • Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • Adrian Cochrane (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 04:06:39 JST Adrian Cochrane

     in reply to

     • G of many names
     • R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
     • jollyrogue

     @benjaminhollon @g @jollyrogue @RL_Dane @cobra So, so, so many people lack the exposure to make a profit. Not saying you should accept exposure in place of money, certainly not from those who can easily afford to pay you. But exposure does have its role to play.

     (there's a tangent about requiring money to live being an injustice I'm not wanting to dig into)

   • jollyrogue (jollyrogue@social.tulsa.ok.us)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 11:34:06 JST jollyrogue

     in reply to

     • Adrian Cochrane
     • G of many names
     • R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

     @alcinnz So many people lack the resources or time flexibility to work on their business full time so it can get to a point where it can make money.

     People being able to work part-time and cover their bills is underrated in economics.

     Anyway, this isn’t about economics. It’s about anticapitalist FOSS licenses.

     @benjaminhollon @g @RL_Dane @cobra

   • jollyrogue (jollyrogue@social.tulsa.ok.us)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 11:54:11 JST jollyrogue

     in reply to

     • Adrian Cochrane
     • G of many names
     • R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

     @benjaminhollon Sales and marketing are the life blood of a business. I agree with that.

     I disagree with calculating every single move.

     Position 1: Start the business, find sales.
     Position 2: Get famous, cash in.
     Position 3: Do the work, just because.

     Do the thing because it needs to be done or you feel compelled to do it rather then doing it to chase clout.

     I believe people should be able to opt out, and licenses are part of that.

     @g @RL_Dane @cobra @alcinnz