www/philosophy philosophy.html fs-motives.html

[Rob Myers]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Rob Myers <robmyers>    09/05/17 13:37:58

Modified files:
        philosophy     : philosophy.html 
Added files:
        philosophy     : fs-motives.html 

Log message:
        Add fs-motives.html to philosophy section as per request from rms.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/philosophy.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.304&r2=1.305
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/fs-motives.html?cvsroot=www&rev=1.1

Patches:
Index: philosophy.html
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   <li><a href="/philosophy/15-years-of-free-software.html">15 Years of Free 
Software</a></li>
   <li><a href="/philosophy/free-software-intro.html">Free Software 
movement</a></li>
   <li><a href="/philosophy/your-freedom-needs-free-software.html">Your Freedom 
Needs Free Software</a></li>
+  <li><a href="/philosophy/fs-motives.html">Motives For Writing Free 
Software</a></li>
 </ul>
 
 <h3 id="aboutgnu">About the GNU Operating System</h3>
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 <p>
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+$Date: 2009/05/17 13:37:54 $
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+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<title>Motives For Writing Free Software</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<h2>Motives For Writing Free Software</h2>
+
+<p>
+These are some of the motives for writing free software.
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+<strong>Fun.</strong>  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.
+
+Nearly all free software developers share this motive.
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<strong>Political idealism.</strong>  The desire to build a world of freedom,
+and help computer users escape from the power of software developers.
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<strong>To be admired.</strong>  If you write a successful, useful free 
+program, the users will admire you.  That feels very good.
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<strong>Professional reputation.</strong>  If you write a successful, useful 
+free program, that will suffice to show you are a good programmer.
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<strong>Gratitude.</strong>  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.
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<strong>Hatred for Microsoft.</strong>
+
+It is a mistake to focus our criticism 
+<a href="/philosophy/microsoft.html"> narrowly on Microsoft</a>.  
+Indeed, Microsoft is evil, since it makes non-free software.  Even worse, it 
+implements
+<a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org";>Digital Restrictions Management</a>
+in that software.  But many other companies do one or both of these.
+
+Nonetheless, it is a fact that many people utterly despise Microsoft,
+and some contribute to free software based on that feeling.
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<strong>Money.</strong>  A considerable number of people are paid to develop 
+free software or have built businesses around it.
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<strong>Wanting a better program to use.</strong>
+
+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.)
+</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+Human nature is complex, and it is quite common for a person to have
+multiple simultaneous motives for a single action.
+
+Each person is different, and there could be other motives that are
+missing from this list.  If you know of other motives not listed here,
+please send email to 
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.  
+If we think the other motives are likely to influence many developers, 
+we will add them to the list.
+
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<div id="footer">
+
+<p>
+Please send FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to 
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> 
+the FSF.
+<br />
+Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Please see the 
+<a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting
+translations of this article.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Copyright &copy; 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+</p>
+<address>51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA</address>
+<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
+permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this
+notice, and the copyright notice, are preserved.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2009/05/17 13:37:54 $
+<!-- timestamp end -->
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<div id="translations">
+<h4>Translations of this page</h4>
+
+<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical by language code. -->
+<!-- Comment what the language is for each type, i.e. de is German. -->
+<!-- Write the language name in its own language (Deutsch) in the text. -->
+<!-- If you add a new language here, please -->
+<!-- advise address@hidden and add it to -->
+<!--  - /home/www/html/server/standards/README.translations.html -->
+<!--  - one of the lists under the section "Translations Underway" -->
+<!--  - if there is a translation team, you also have to add an alias -->
+<!--  to mail.gnu.org:/com/mailer/aliases -->
+<!-- Please also check you have the language code right; see: -->
+<!-- http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php -->
+<!-- If the 2-letter ISO 639-1 code is not available, -->
+<!-- use the 3-letter ISO 639-2. -->
+<!-- Please use W3C normative character entities. -->
+
+<ul class="translations-list">
+<!-- English -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/fs-motives.html">English</a>&nbsp;[en]</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>