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Brazil (Linux Journal)Brazil (Linux Journal)Posted Jul 15, 2006 12:16 UTC (Sat) by sdalley (subscriber, #18550)In reply to: Brazil (Linux Journal) by kirkengaard Parent article: Brazil (Linux Journal)
> Free software is start-to-finish the self-interest of the participants.
You may speak for some, but not for all. With some of us, there is also the desire to help our neighbor, not for our own sake, but for theirs. (Do I dare use the word "love " here?) To be sure, it's a joy when it succeeds, but it's not the primary motivation.
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Brazil (Linux Journal) Posted Jul 15, 2006 14:23 UTC (Sat) by fjf33 (subscriber, #5768) [Link] Isn't that just another form of self interest? I guess is more self gratification.
Brazil (Linux Journal) Posted Jul 15, 2006 16:24 UTC (Sat) by dark (subscriber, #8483) [Link] If you deny the very existence of the desire to help others, then of course you can conclude that everything is done out of self-interest. But then that statement no longer means anything.
Brazil (Linux Journal) Posted Jul 15, 2006 21:37 UTC (Sat) by sdalley (subscriber, #18550) [Link] Well, that's not how I have it.
Brazil (Linux Journal) Posted Jul 20, 2006 7:27 UTC (Thu) by ekj (guest, #1524) [Link] If you start by saying: "All human behaviour is self-interest".Then it's no longer an interesting observation that developing free software is often done for self-interest. If that's the case for all actions, then the statement is obvious and trivial.
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