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Sell yourself, sell your work

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449 points ColinWright | 4 comments | 25 Mar 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.826s | source
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sashank_1509 ◴[26 Mar 25 02:04 UTC] No.43478104[source]▶
I’m always reminded of the essay: Isiah’s job by Albert Jay Nock. https://mises.org/mises-daily/isaiahs-job

Publicizing your work, will certainly let it be known to the masses, but aiming for the masses means that the half life of your work is in years. Work that stands the test of time, does not need publicizing. People of a high caliber will find it and proceed to further honor you for your work, your focus should be only on excellence which truly matters in standing the test of time.

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rrr_oh_man ◴[26 Mar 25 02:33 UTC] No.43478270[source]▶
> People of a high caliber will find it and proceed to further honor you for your work

That's a fantasy which is just not true.

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1. MrMcCall ◴[26 Mar 25 08:03 UTC] No.43479882[source]▶
Plus, am I the only one who is disgusted by the idea of Shell/Exxon/... using OSS in their operations?

Sharing technically-excellent software with parasites seems to be a net negative for the world, because many people are just takers who will ruin the world to make themselves a few more dollars.

OTOH, I love for regular people to have free quality SW to use for their lives.

How to strike the balance?

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2. xandrius ◴[26 Mar 25 08:47 UTC] No.43480102[source]▶
Make it GPL then.
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3. MrMcCall ◴[26 Mar 25 09:39 UTC] No.43480378[source]▶
That will not prevent them using it for free.
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4. xandrius ◴[26 Mar 25 16:16 UTC] No.43483812{3}[source]▶
Yeah but it often prevents them from being able to actually use it (unless they open source everything it touches).