System Unions? was (I got a bad feeling about this Chewie.)

[Judd Pickell]

Figured I should start a new thread since this topic actually has a topic of
it's own.

Unions have their place in our workforces. However, Unions are managed and
afforded based on the dues that the union workers pay, which is also based
on what their salary is supposed to be. Do we really want to be giving our
money over to someone else because we choose to work or develop something in
our spare time?

While there is certainly money to be made out there, the majority of people
working on a free software application are not doing it for monetary return.
Or atleast not originally.. :) Hence why it is deemed free to begin with.

On another level, how do you unionize a community? Would such membership
free-float between projects? Does a specific union pledge authorize you to
contribute more than others? How do you handle collecting payments, and by
what id do you have to have to show you are in a union already? If you work
on multiple free projects do you have to repay the dues for each? etc.. Not
to mention trying to enforce something around the world. I hope you don't
take my questions to be mean, they are just some thoughts that popped up the
first second I saw the word Union.

I don't hate the ideas of unions, but I do believe they have their place,
and I am not sure how they could be applied to our situation.

Sincerely,
Judd Pickell

On 3/23/07, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This is something I watch everyday at every level.
>
> I did not grow up with unions and never really gave them much thought
> until recently.
>
> The concept is golden!  Unity in numbers.  Unfortunately almost everyone I
> rub shoulders with will not take the time to solitify their strength through
> a unified front.
>
> Things are not going in the right direction on many levels.  This is one
> area of concern.
>
> What would happen if the free software / open source community boycotted
> Suse?  And did it with a great noise?
>
>
>
>
> *Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss at granroth.org>* wrote:
>
> <snip>
> I think, too, that a lot of Linux people are too pragmatic. They see
> openSUSE as the best Linux distro out there now (Ubuntu is gaining
> rapidly but they are still a year or two away, IMO) and aren't going to
> switch based on the potential of some nebulous future problems.
> <snip>
>
>
>
> Keith Smith
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