Jesse I am not worried that open soruce developers will starv. Developer(s) that write open soruce software at Google are well paid and they get money to write Android, Android applications and more... Also you can see that at Google Summer of Code 2009 even studens that will work on open soruce projects will be paid for that. Here is one question on FAQ
"3. Isn't it unusual for open source developers to be paid? Not really. Many of our mentors get paid to work on open source..." So students get money to work on MySQL, Eclipse, GNOME, Linux Foundation... But if they give money to professionals to create open soruce application and submit them to Android Market then even if they can not create all possible applications Android developers will not be in the same position as for example iPhone developers... I love open soruce and also want to join open soruce project but Android Market is market and should be that in my opinion but maybe I am wrong... On Apr 16, 1:31 am, Jesse McGrew <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 15, 10:01 am, Amir Alagic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jesse you say that all that matters is whether the app exists... "who > > cares if anyone is making money from it?" > > > While developers can create free software trust me they can't get free > > open sourced food, open soruce public transport and other things we > > need in everyday life. > > What's your point? Are you worried that open source developers will > starve? It seems to me that if they don't have money for the > necessities of life, they won't be spending their time writing free > software, they'll be doing something else. And that leaves an > opportunity open for other developers. > > On the other hand, if someone *does* have money for the necessities of > life and decides to spend his free time writing software, who are you > to tell him he can't? Why should he restrain himself from doing that > just so you can sell the same software that he was willing to give > away for free? > > > Google should care if someone is making money > > from Android. Without possiblity to earn some money many Android > > developers will switch to other platforms where they can do what they > > love and earn some money to pay proprietary food, rent, car, phone... > > Heh, what makes you think the situation would be any better on another > platform? > > The only platforms where open source software can't compete are the > ones with a high barrier of entry. For example, BREW, where the > licensing and approval process is so painful and expensive that no one > can afford to give their software away for free. The result is a > platform that end users are desperate to get away from, because while > it's nice for developers looking to make a buck, it's terrible for > people who have to *use* the platform and are stuck with a poor > selection of expensive software (most of which doesn't even have trial > versions). > > The threat here isn't Google, it's open source. And the existence of > open source is a fact of life: for whatever reason, people *are* > willing to spend their time writing software to give away, and you > can't stop them. All you can do is deal with it. > > Jesse --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
