As much as im opposed to communism and socialism, i do like the way linux does things and its spirit of sharing and keeping things free for everyone. I'm honestly grateful it exists. It will open doors to many who may otherwise not be able to afford proprietary software.
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Linux isn't really communism

Everyone that uses it is explicitly agreeing to follow the terms, and as much as I hate IP, that's a pretty valid contract.
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Depending on how exactly you define communism, open source software does fulfill some of the requirements for the utopic vision of communism. The whole people work on something with no other motivation than that they want to, they're passionate about it, and they don't actually ask for something in return.

But the reality is not that simple. You might not pay for using Ubuntu, but companies can pay to get extra support and other services. In reality, what you get as free and open software, can be free advertising for other paid services. So the whole enterprise still ends up being driven by capitalist forces.

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@histoire @alyx i like how blender is now getting more financial support, but i can see how companies see it as a return on investment for the development of 3d software that a single company wont be milking them thousands of dollars without much in return aside for the priviledge of using their software for a limited time until the license runs out. At least with the donations, its going to development and improvement of software that will forever be available at no cost to anyone.

@SteveTheDragon @histoire
In a way, it can be seen as "pay what you think it deserves" model. And while counter-intuitive, such models can be widely successful if your product is good. I remember seeing a news report on a Romanian bar/restaurant, that was close to bankruptcy, tried this approach and was suddenly recovering and making more money than it ever had.

@histoire @alyx you would think that model wouldnt work because of the 'leechers' but it restores faith in humanity that there is support and a lot of it for projects.
@SteveTheDragon @alyx @histoire
>Blender gets more shekels
They should stop wasting so much time adding support for shitty grease pencil and finally fix the damn texture mode already, that tool is so fucking barebones they couldn't even be arsed to steal Gimp/Krita paint brushes for that and finally fix the damn brush so that it does NOT SCALE with the damn camera position, holy fuck does it trigger me so much.
@SteveTheDragon @alyx @histoire
Meh cannot be arsed to shell money for basic features that should be there to begin with, I guess I just wait till Armorpaint 3D becomes more usable or something, the last time I checked this program it did not saved my customized keybindings.
@histoire @alyx @Rosamonde i know you can lock the brush size in sculpting, but not sure in texture painting.
@SteveTheDragon @alyx @histoire
Texture painting doesn't have this option, it does puzzles me why the sculpting mode has this option.
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