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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fs-motives.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fs-motives.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c98d3b --- /dev/null +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fs-motives.html @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ + <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<title>Motives For Writing Free Software +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/fs-motives.translist" --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<h2>Motives For Writing Free Software</h2> + +<p>Don't make the mistake of supposing that all software development +has one simple motive. Here are some of the motives we know influence +many people to write free software. +</p> + +<dl> +<dt>Fun</dt> + +<dd>For some people, often the best programmers, +writing software is the greatest fun, especially when there is no boss +to tell you what to do.<br /> +Nearly all free software developers share this motive.</dd> + +<dt>Political idealism</dt> + +<dd>The desire to build a world of +freedom, and help computer users escape from the power of software +developers. +</dd> + +<dt>To be admired</dt> + +<dd>If you write a successful, useful +free program, the users will admire you. That feels very good. +</dd> + +<dt>Professional reputation</dt> + +<dd>If you write a successful, +useful free program, that will suffice to show you are a good +programmer. +</dd> + +<dt>Community</dt> + +<dd>Being part of a community by collaborating with other people in +public free software projects is a motive for many programmers.</dd> + +<dt>Education</dt> + +<dd>If you write free software, it is often +an opportunity to dramatically improve both your technical +and social skills; if you are a teacher, encouraging your +students to take part in an existing free software project or +organizing them into a free software project may +provide an excellent opportunity for them.</dd> + +<dt>Gratitude</dt> + +<dd>If you have used the community's free +programs for years, and it has been important to your work, you feel +grateful and indebted to their developers. When you write a program +that could be useful to many people, that is your chance to pay it +forward. +</dd> + +<dt>Hatred for Microsoft</dt> + +<dd> +It is a mistake <a href="/philosophy/microsoft.html">to focus our +criticism narrowly on Microsoft</a>. Indeed, Microsoft is evil, since +it makes nonfree software. Even worse, it is +often <a href="/philosophy/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html"> +malware</a> in various ways including +<a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org">DRM</a>. However, many other +companies do these things, and the nastiest enemy of our freedom +nowadays is +<a href="/philosophy/proprietary/malware-apple.html">Apple</a>.<br /> + +Nonetheless, it is a fact that many people utterly despise Microsoft, +and some contribute to free software based on that feeling. +</dd> + +<dt>Money</dt> + +<dd>A considerable number of people are paid to +develop free software or have built businesses around it. +</dd> + +<dt>Wanting a better program to use</dt> + +<dd>People often work on improvements in programs they use, in order to +make them more convenient. (Some commentators recognize no motive +other than this, but their picture of human nature is too narrow.) +</dd> + +</dl> + +<p>Human nature is complex, and it is quite common for a person to +have multiple simultaneous motives for a single action.</p> + +<p>Each person is different, and there could be other motives that are +missing from this list. 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