[കേ.ശാ.സാ.പ] Re: FS Service

as I said earlier, I do not see meat in your reply to my argument.

how many people do u know who do some activity X for pleasure (without
earnings) and do not do any other activity for which they get paid.
there are a few people whom I know, who fall into that category, but they
are either
-> Financially very well-off and have a lot of inherited wealth OR
-> Focussing so much of the former activity that they want to reach a state
where they can earn money from that activity

*If you know some people who do juz do activity X and that doesnt give them
monetary benefits, I would be interested to hear as to how they sustain
themselves. *

A painter who does nothing but painting is probably an art teacher at some
school. A poet may be a teacher in a school/college. Boradly, people who
want to pursue certain activities which give them pleasure usually enter the
academia because that is what gives tham maximum amount of freedom, at the
same time guaranteeing an income too.

Btw, your comment that "That is a view that is based on the perception that
there must be some external motive (usually money) for people to do
anything." was obviously putting words into my mouth. I did not say that. I
said people have to do some activitiy that earns them money, no matter how
many other activities they do.

Thanks
Deepak

On 5/7/07, V Sasi Kumar <sasi.fsf_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 22:32 +0530, deepak p wrote:
> > okay. so sasi, you want to build a community of passionate programmers
> > who will develop free software for charity and release it to the
> > community.. and they wll do something else for earning
>
> Please don't put words into my mouth. I never said that I want to build
> a society where programmers will develop software for charity and they
> will do something else to make a living. I showed how poetry,
> literature, art, etc. are being created by people without hoping to make
> a living out of it. As per your interpretation, you will have to say
> that poets are writing poetry for charity and doing something else to
> make a living. That is a view that is based on the perception that there
> must be some external motive (usually money) for people to do anything.
> What I said is that writing software is like writing poetry for a lot of
> people. They do that becuase they enjoy doing it. I guess you should be
> able to understand that.
>
> > and painters and photographers dont live by selling paintings/photos..
> > but by doing something..
>
> Just compare the number of people who take photographs just for pleasure
> and the number of photographers who do it as a profession. The former
> should far outstrip the latter. Of course, some of the former would
> eventually become part of the latter. The same is the case with
> painting. I used to paint landscapes, though quite some time back. I
> never did it for money or even with the hope of making money. Just like
> writing poetry or literature, I painted because I enjoyed doing it. I
> think we need to recognise that people do a lot of things just for
> pleasure and we need to promote that. It is this that makes ones life
> more fulfilling and happy, not just making money.
>
> > i dont subscribe to these views... but, i dont want to argue because
> > what u claim as fact (the second point) doesnt seem to be true to me
>
> I have a friend who says that people will do things only if there is a
> profit motive. I think this is a very dangerous idea. People do do a lot
> of things just because they enjoy doing them. I am sorry if you are
> unable to see that.
>
> Best
> --
> V. Sasi Kumar
> Free Software Foundation of India
> http://swatantryam.blogspot.com
>
>
> >
>

-- 
Deepak P
http://deepakp7.googlepages.com/
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