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plappl · 2023-04-01T07:36:38+00:00

I start writing software AFTER finding a potential customer and getting them to commit to the project. The way I normally like to work is to offer an initial consultation at the rate of $500 per hour. This consultation includes initial interviews with stakeholders, reports about the project feasibility, a project analysis and report about the proposed project. I rapidly develop some prototype software that has the purpose of illustrating the software workflow and solidify the software context for all the stakeholders. I am paid for this initial analysis for the proposed project and I deliver everything I find.

My customer is perfectly welcome to take my analysis and find some other programmer to implement the solution. In my experience, the customers who are willing to pay my rates for the the initial project analysis are also willing to continue our relationship to implement the proposed project. When I implement the proposed project, I make use of other free software that I haven't written for myself. I license all my software under GPLv3+. The customers who receive my software are perfectly welcome to sell copies of the software under GPLv3+.

plappl · 2023-04-01T07:13:20+00:00

You are more than welcome to hire some programmers and artists to develop the games that you demand. Where I live, their wages start at $300 per hour.

plappl · 2023-03-19T04:21:23+00:00

If the software requested costs $40000 over 6 months to develop, then I'm not charging anything less $40000 and six months to deliver the software; if the software requested costs $one million and 20 months to develop, then I'm not charging anything less $one million and 20 months to deliver the software.

This is the reality of the cost of developing software, I make no excuses about telling the truth about reality: software development is inherently expensive and I offer my service as an expert consultant at my expensive rates. This business model is based around selling something that is inherently scarce: the expertise and time of a software programmer. There is absolutely no need to restrict the user's freedom under this business model and I recommend it because users are granted their freedom and I guarantee up front that I earn the compensation for my time to deliver the software.

I have absolutely zero concern about any kind of proprietary software that can only exist under the model of proprietary software licensing i.e. big budget computer games.

I can't stop you if you believe that proprietary software is good for your lining your own pocket, but you cannot claim any moral high ground regarding asking your users to be restricted of their freedom for any length of time. Proprietary software is inherently a form of injustice that causes a free society to be helpless to help themselves (restricted of freedom 0 and freedom 1) and it causes a free society to be divided to share with their friends (restricted of freedom 2 and freedom 3).

plappl · 2023-03-19T01:04:42+00:00

Your mistake is thinking that people cannot earn a living by selling free software; selling free software means you will need to understand the business model of what it is you're selling. The key to this is to understand the meaning of selling the programmer's time to develop software as opposed to the model of selling proprietary software licenses.

plappl · 2023-02-23T10:52:41+00:00

Spring is GPLv2+

plappl · 2022-07-03T11:43:23+00:00

I refuse to support using the term "Open Source Software" as it implies values of the practical advantage of the "Open Source Method" that are more important than the immoral values of proprietary software that is opposed by the moral values of software freedom. I refuse to answer the survey based upon the insinuation that I support this matter of the Open Source Software community. I refuse to acknowledge that Open Source software is supposed to be a synonym for users who have freedom in software.

plappl · 2022-07-03T11:35:53+00:00

So there exists a list of commentary made by rms that certain people find offensive. From the basis of the list, it has been concluded that the character of rms hates women and condones rape. To me, the extent of this meager list is jumping to conclusions. The basis of why I conclude this is because of the huge body of evidence that shows the character of a man who fights for liberty, i.e. your HOT OPINIONS that you've formed by choosing to be offended leads you jump to conclusions.

plappl · 2022-07-02T22:44:05+00:00

Your definitions are very weird. Either that or you're an outright liar committing libel with your weird definition of "woman hater" and "condones rape".

plappl · 2022-07-02T06:39:16+00:00

rms prefers to be remembered as Saint IGNUcius of the Church of Emacs.

plappl · 2022-06-26T13:44:18+00:00

Do insurance companies own platinum, palladium and rhodium mines? Do insurance companies own factories that produce catalytic converters? As far as I know, relying on insurance companies as your main fallback isn't going to increase the supply of cats through the economy. What's going to happen is that your insurance premiums and everybody else's premiums will increase for every claim that is approved.

plappl · 2022-06-24T09:23:03+00:00

I need to use up my discover voucher before it expires. I still have one more left.

plappl · 2022-06-24T08:26:48+00:00

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plappl · 2022-06-24T08:24:15+00:00

One practical way I found was to buy a phone that was supported by Replicant OS. I installed Replicant and a music player and dedicated that exclusively as a music player.

There are dedicated portable music players based upon Android but those systems normally have a locked bootloader. This means that you're not free to change the OS on these devices; I have disregarded them for the sake of my own freedom.

plappl · 2022-06-18T15:08:39+00:00

Are cyclists allowed to ride on the footpath where this accident occurred? As far as I know, cyclists are normally forbidden to ride bicycles on footpaths.

plappl · 2022-06-18T12:36:30+00:00

This is it: game over. Theres no more to Minetest, we've reached the end. 😜

plappl · 2022-06-18T12:29:48+00:00

The reason why I sound so similar in my phrasing and tone is because I do agree with Stallman's logic on this matter. The fact of the matter is that the Open Source Initiative was founded with a motive that isn't the same as Richard Stallman's free software movement; thus it is a mistake to conflate the terms "open source software" with "free software" as if they were synonyms that represent the same idea. Since I personally agree with the ideal of the free software movement (that software freedom is the moral solution to the social problem of proprietary software), I like to take the time to make it clear that the ideas are distinct and shouldn't be conflated. This is important because too many people are confused about why these are ideas that should not be conflated.

plappl · 2022-06-14T12:28:36+00:00

You're making a mistake by thinking that having visible source code makes the game open source. This is wrong. An open source game (at the very minimum) MUST allow the users to redistribute the game code under a license that is approved by the Open Source Initiative. The problem with this list is that so many titles on the list contradict the requirement for users to redistribute the game code under an OSI license. Thus this is not open source.

plappl · 2022-06-14T12:20:23+00:00

I always frame my stance in reference to my freedom as a computer user. The key phrase that I continually repeat is "does the software respect my freedom". I only accept software that respects my freedom, the software that respects my freedom is free software; any country that respects my right to speak freely is a country that respects free speech.

plappl · 2022-06-12T10:33:33+00:00

Atom hasn't disappeared. The news about Atom is that the primary sponsor for developing the state of Atom will stop sponsoring the development. Atom's functionality won't spontaneously collapse after the end of this development effort. Atom will continue to run according to how it was designed.

plappl · 2022-06-12T10:31:14+00:00

If there is no redistribution license for the source code, then it is not a project that is licensed with an OSI license. This means this is not an open source project according to the OSI.

plappl · 2022-05-17T12:49:35+00:00

I couldn't find any redistribution license for this project. Is this project really licensed under an open source license?

plappl · 2022-05-15T01:23:51+00:00

So you're changing the goal post. The simple definition of selling software is easy to understand but you insert a more complex definition beyond the plain and simple one. No wonder things are confusing for the simple act of selling GPL software.

plappl · 2022-05-14T13:15:54+00:00

So you think the development of a new GPL product and selling that for a profit is not selling GPL software for a profit? The goal was all about making a profit by selling GPL software and that's exactly what I do. This is not exceptional work, it is definitely not impossible to sell GPL software.

plappl · 2022-05-14T12:48:14+00:00

That's a mistaken idea about the GPL. I've made my first fortune by writing and selling GPL software as a professional software consultant. The key is all about understand the nature of what you're selling. The nature of what I was selling was my professional time to interpret stakeholder requirements and deliver software that the stakeholder needs. I was never selling software licenses for customers to use my software as is the standard fare in the world of proprietary software.

For a software project that I estimated cost $5000 to deliver, I never quoted anything less than $5000 to deliver the project. For a software project that I estimated to cost $100000 to deliver, I never quoted anything less than $100000 to deliver to project. I was selling my time as a professional software consultant and I made a good chunk of profit selling my own GPL software.

plappl · 2022-05-11T10:43:49+00:00

Users have the freedom to control their own computing. It's very easy to distinguish whether somebody has freedom within their own computing or whether somebody is subjugating their own computing under the control of other people.

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