From e6bd1393beab293b4f7d2bc89622771fd0f6a623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thing 1 <thing1@seacrossedlovers.xyz>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 10:34:00 +0000
Subject: made notes on the presentation that sir gave on presentations

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 the common computer user or tools are only made by large companies and no free alternative exist.
 
 \section{What makes Free Software so appealing to developers?} 
-\subsection{The reasons why they like it}
-Free software is used by the majority of developers, and it can lead one to wonder why it is preferred. The
-use of free software in developer spaces, as previously mentioned, has been because of people wanting to use
-tools they can tinker with, and because they are developers they already know how to do that.
-
-Most developers have pages hosted on websites like GitHub and source forge, where they post code they have written,
-this is in a sense creating free software, that can be viewed by anyone. The reason they do this, can be
-put up to a lot of things, but one could say it is because they prefer free software. They prefer it for the same reasons 
-previously mentioned; that it can make for easier to developer code, produce better quality code, and the more general
-philosophical points that can be made. Developers like to make their software open and free, because they believe 
-it betters their work.
-
-The majority of developers also enjoy contributing, working on free software, for many reasons;
-it simply leads to nicer software for their use case that they feel they have worked on, and because so many 
-developers work with free software, a lot of it has become developer focused, contain features for them. Another
-reason is because it is positively looked on in the work place; contributing to FOSS projects for many is an extra qualification,
-much like volunteering is in other fields\cite{FOSSforjob}. Large amounts of free software is solely made for developers, by 
-developers, for example IDE's that were spoken on earlier in this paper.
-
-\subsection{Why this causes others to not like FOSS}
-Another point to note is why free software is \textbf{not} preferred by more general users. It is mostly for the
-same reasons, being made for and made by developers has made the space hard to enter for general users. It 
-can seem overwhelming, or too complicated, with little gain at face value. As less general users uses Free 
-Software, it is easier to single out that developers are the only people who use it. It is also worth pointing
-out yet again, that most people, even without trying use exclusively free software, will end up using some anyway
-through common tools, like VLC, Notepad++, and through libraries that power the software they use. However these 
-people would not be deemed as \textit{in the FOSS community}.
-
-\subsection{Conclusions}
-Overall it is clear that developers prefer free software for the simple reason of it works better to their 
-specific needs, because they tinker, make, and tune it as they want. This would not be possible on non free software
-as it simply is not designed to be modified beyond original use cases. It can also be seen that general users do
-not go out of their way to use free software on a main stream basis, as it currently doesn't follow their exact needs.
+\subsection{What is appealing?}
+\subsection{What is wrong with the alternative?}
+\subsection{}
+\subsection{}
 
 \section{What makes Free Software so appealing to privacy enthusiasts?} 
 The reason that FOSS is preferred can be put up to many reasons, many of which are hard to say/know as privacy enthusiasts are 
 usually quite good at hiding, however a few known reasons, methods and individuals can be studied.
-\subsection{Who are privacy enthusiasts and why do they do what they do?} % needs an edit, why do they do what they do" is clunky
+\subsection{Who are privacy enthusiasts and why do they do what they do?} % needs an edit, "why do they do what they do" is clunky
 Privacy enthusiasts are simply people who care for their privacy very heavily, they like to keep themself completely 
 anonymous when using technology; there are many reasons one may want to do this, for example, individuals in politically
 tense countries may wish to remain hidden when reading outside news sources or talking to others from the rest of the world.
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