Re: [Gnu-arch-users] to support the continued development of Arch

[Andy Tai]

Ludovic, I don't understand your comment.  Where
exactly did I say people shall work for cheap?  I
mentioned India, etc. for exact the reason I want the
money to be of maximum use for the development of a
Free Software project, and I don't want the person
doing Arch to live cheaply.  And I am only looking at
doing this within my ability, as I am not rich and
this money would come out of my salary. (Yes, I earn
salary too.)  And clearly I cannot afford to hire
someone where I live with my own salary, so I can only
try to "outsource" it.  How is this single case
related to lowering the wages in the West, well, I
don't know. But if this money goes to someone in India
and eventually contributes to the advancement of Arch
where people globally, including these in France, can
benefit, I think it is a positive investment for this
planet. 

--- Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:


> 
> > I am willing to provide US $ 250 per month toward
> this
> > effort.  I hope there may be other interested
> users of
> > Arch who can contribute too.  While this may not
> sound
> > like a lot of money for people living in the US or
> > other Western countries, if we can make it up to,
> say,
> > US $600 per month, this money may be enough to
> support
> > some talent hacker in India or Eastern Europe for
> each
> > month where the cost of living is lower.
> 
> Are you kidding?  Developing Free Software doesn't
> mean "working for
> Free", nor should it mean "working cheaper".  As you
> probably know,
> people in western countries (especially in western
> Europe) are concerned
> that such behaviors (observed in large-scale
> transnational companies)
> may lead to a lowering of wages and possibly a
> decline of work
> conditions in western countries, while surely not
> improving them in
> other countries.  That's certainly not a solution to
> the problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludovic.
> 
> 
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Andy Tai, address@hidden
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