В 01:13 +0200 на 15.04.2014 (вт), [email protected] написа: > I don't understand on how they need $200,000 to build MediaGoblin. Where is > all that money going?
Free software does not necessary mean no cost and gratis. The fact that there are developers that work in their spare (hm, hm "spare") time does not mean that free software should be developed only that way. Free software is not free of cost. Free software developers dedicating their time entirely on free software development must be supported financially. They have to pay their bills after all. There are several sub projects in MediaGoblin in this campaign that would take some time to be analyzed, implemented, tested and bug-fixed. That takes time during which the developers would need money to live. Some of the tasks are complex matter. time * payment = total amount for living Some of the big projects have financial support that is just not so obvious. I don't get it why proprietary software can cost a lot of money while when such an important free software project makes a campaign and will probably will prove how the money were spent, some people start to ask questions. Free software in general must be supported financially. There is nothing wrong with that and is not in against the concept of free software.
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