>find paid software>replicate it in FOSSwait hold on... why wouldn't this work?
>>101221054isnt that how foss started to begin with?as long as the code is different i dont think youre doing something illegal
A NPC thinks like this btw
>>101221054>work takes time>and moneywtf comrades!?
>>101221174>wtf comrades!?ok ok fine but think about this>industrial X application costs $19.99>create application to mimic X>inferior "product" and a GreatValue version of it, but somewhat functional>invite other professionals to chime in with code every now and then>potentially get people personally invested into projectit doesn't seem unreasonable.
it has worked and has killed the market for software simple enough to be written by one cocksucker
>>101221174>no you shouldn't be doing art in your free time, you should be making money!>sigma grindset 42069!
>>101221054I'm still waiting for someone to reverse engineer windows 7
>>101221261You dont have neither the skills nor the time nor the interest.Look for example Zbrush, its still unparalleled and has a monopoly on good 3d sculpting yet it was done by a single guy in x86 assembler(not x86_64), you need to have a passion for what you're doing and its natural to want to be rewarded if its truly an outstanding product, thinking otherwise is literally evil and the product of the talentless.
>>101221320ReactOS will get there eventually.
>>101221326>You dont have neither the skills nor the time nor the interest.you don't know that negroid
>>101221377it's a snails pace but it's absolute kino in the making and it will take some time.
>>101221054Again, that's the idea of FOSS you unbelievable faggot (American).
>>101221291>I ll just do art while you plebs dig the mines
i will make the logo for a small fee
>>101221054>software made for money>I should make it for free???
>>101221600n-no you cant! I'll do it for free, I am also a gay pedophile furry who will inject my unwanted preferences into the project because I am donating my valuable trans-time and if you object then you are a bigot and deserve to die for your intolerance
>>101221739the copy the features, nigger. use the paid software then simply copy what they're doing.
>>101221825>try to copy windoes >its been 20+ yearstwo weeks homie
>>101221825But why would I want to rewrite existing software. Whoever wrote it got paid for it. I'm not self-cucking with free work.
>>101221870Its not your job to ask, you only need work and make it quick I am not paying you nothing just so can fool around on 4chen
>>101221054That's what Linux is to Unix. GIMP and Krita to Photoshop. LibreOffice to Microsoft Office. Etc.
>>101221834We already have Ubuntu, which does a pretty good job of filling the same sort of "OS for idiots" niche that Windows is in. If you want Windows program compatibility, we have Wine, Proton, Mono and ReactOS.
>>101221054if the software owner can sue you, you will be sued. If they cannot sue you, it was open source regardless of license.
>>101221174>>work takes timeok, I'm a neet freetard, no problem>>and moneyI'll just ask mommy for some>and competence to make good software AAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK
>>101221054This is how GNU got started. They took UNIX userspace and rewrote parts until basically nothing original remained and then started to expand on it. Yes, GNU used EEE to kill UNIX. If it's CLI based you have a good chance of making it work, if it's GUI based you have a very big hill to climb. If there's some patents or IP guarding their palace, good fucking luck.
>>101221412FOSS is an inherently American idea
>>101223327it is intensely judeo-communist, yes
>>101221320This but BlackBerry 10
>>101221261So, like linux. Pffft
>>101221054sure it would as long as you're willing to work for free
>>101221054technically it could work.Realistically, do you have the workhours and funds ready to rewrite said software from almost zero?
>>101221261That is literally how open source has always worked. What the fuck is your point?
>>101221600>make the logo for free>months later, leave a backdoor in the software
>>101221054Requires>skills>time>effortand the insanity to be fine working for less pay than working for the big company.
>>101221291nobody does art "in their free time" but ex-presidents and trustfund babies
>>101221377I thought reactOS was just an insulting name for windows 11.
>>101221054One thing to build software and another thing entirely to maintain it. In the FOSS space you'll probably have to update regularly to support the newest library versions and shit.
