Homer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Richard Rasker spake thusly:
>> Hadron wrote:
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>>> How much of your work do you give away for free Rasker?
>>
>> I don't exactly know, as I don't keep records of what I do for free.
>> I think it's about a hundred hours worth of work (mostly repairs) per
>> year. And how about you?
One more remark: I didn't count in my Linux work (installations, a bit of
training), because I mostly do that on "no cure - no pay" terms. I install
the stuff for free, and suggest that users may reward my time and effort if
they decide they like it. In most cases, I end up getting paid for my Linux
installs, unless it's people who can't afford anything, such as pensioners
or single mothers on welfare -- more or less the same group for whom I do
free repairs.
> As for me, when it comes to Free Software (or /any/ IT) contributions
> outside my employment ... all of it. When it came to my employment, I
> got paid /once/ for the actual labour rendered, but I didn't hold the
> beneficiaries of my work hostage in perpetuity. They paid for labour,
> not some fictitious "IP". /Licenses/ are not "work", /labour/ is. The
> only thing a proprietary license is, is a scam.
It's the same situation here. I get paid for the actual work I'm hired to
do, without any subsequent rights or royalties. The only "IP" angle is that
there are often non-disclosure agreements involved, which bar me from
offering a particular design to anyone but the first customer -- but within
reasonable limits, of course. This latter usually boils down to the fact
that I'm not allowed to sell a complete machine or functional circuit to
anyone else without permission. I have no problems with that.
Richard Rasker
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http://www.linetec.nl
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