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Fedora is drafting a new mission statement. The new initial proposal:
Fedora creates an innovative platform that lights up hardware, clouds, and containers for software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users.
The original goal was:
to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software.
Is saying open, or free, openly (excuse the pun) becoming something to be ashamed of? Are project ditching their ideals? Fedora barely mentioned free (or Free, to be more clear), but now it's even more vague. It's like if had to be reminded over and over to those in charge, as the triggered thread demostrates.
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @08:55AM (6 children)
The happy pills help me forget I'm starving to death. The only food I can afford are protein powder and imitation milk. Oh yeah the meds are kicking in. There's the euphoria. I'm in the zone now. Time to commit more code to github! Never getting paid because software wants to be free!!! I'm lucky it's not raining. I can't afford a roof. Coding is life! I feel so alive!!!
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @08:58AM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @09:01AM (1 child)
If coders are unemployable, only hobbyists will be coders.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @09:15AM
Billion dollar business plan:
(1) Clone hobbyist project from github for free.
(2) Sell for billions.
(3) There's no step 3.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @09:03AM
Contributing to projects is a good way to build a resume but is not a requirement. You can just as easily write an app to sell on iPhone/android markets, or modules/plugins to sell. Or find some for-pay projects, or find your own clients.
No one forces you to code for free.
Are you just a young person angry that the economy / society is failing you? That "the american dream" is a hollow lie? Sorry, not gonna lie it does suck. Do your best, try not to let it get you down.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @05:26PM (1 child)
Oh god it's raining again! I have to wrap my linux laptop in a trash bag and run to the homeless shelter! Out of my way, normals! Elite coder coming through!! I'm better than you because I don't feel the need to bathe! Gotta get inside! I have brilliantly crafted code to upload!!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @06:18PM
Argh, get away! I know you thieves want to steal my laptop and steal my pills, just like you did to Richard Stallman in Argentina!! Oh I've just thought of a wonderfully elegant data structure to use for my latest project. I'm the smartest coder alive. Damn it, someone stole my pills while I was typing! No no they fell on the floor. Stop gaslighting me, gravity!!! The universe hates me.