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*See also [how to](how_to.md) live, [homelessness](homeless.md) etc.*
The question of how to make the ends meet by making something that's to be given out [for free](gratis.md) and without limitations is one of the top question asked in the context of "[FOSS](foss.md)"/[free culture](free_culture.md) under they dystopian [capitalist](capitalism.md) system. Noobs often avoid this area just because they think it can't be done, even though there are ways of doing this and there are many people making living on FOSS, albeit ways perhaps more challenging than those of [proprietary](proprietary.md) products.
The subject of how to make the ends meet by making something which is to be shared [gratis](gratis.md) and without limitations is one of the top question asked in the "[FOSS](foss.md)"/[free culture](free_culture.md) circles, given we live in an ultra[capitalist](capitalism.md) dystopian system punishing any attempt at [selflessness](seflessness.md). Many newcomers even believe it's completely impossible, even though there are many people making living with FOSS, albeit ways of doing so are perhaps more challenging than those of [proprietary](proprietary.md) products, and, importantly to [us](lrs.md), pose very high "ethical" challenges, i.e. even if money can be made, it's extremely hard to make them in ethical ways (considering that the very concept of [money](money.md) is unethical for example).
One has to be constantly aware that **[money](money.md) and commercialization always brings a high risk of profit becoming the highest priority** (which is a "feature" hard-wired in [capitalism](capitalism.md)) which will compromise the quality and ethics of the produced work. Profiting specifically requires abusing someone else, taking something away from someone. Making money by donations often stands on being popular and being popular often means self censorship, hypocrisy and populism. Therefore **it is ideal to create [LRS](lrs.md) on a completely voluntary basis, for free, in the creator's spare time**. This may be difficult to do but one can choose a lifestyle that minimizes expenses and therefore also time needed to spend at [work](work.md), which will give more free time for the creation of [LRS](lrs.md). This includes living frugally, not consuming hardware and rather reusing [old machines](ancientware.md), making savings, not spending on unnecessary things such as smoking or fashion etc. And of course, if you can't make LRS full-time, you can still find relatively ethical ways of it supporting you and so, again, giving you a little more freedom and resources for creating it.
One has to be constantly aware that **[money](money.md) and commercialization always brings a high risk of profit becoming the highest priority** (which is a "feature" hard-wired in [capitalism](capitalism.md)) which will compromise the quality and ethics of the produced work. Profiting specifically requires abusing someone else, taking something away from someone. Making money on donations often stands on being popular and being popular often means self censorship, hypocrisy and populism. Therefore **it is ideal to create [LRS](lrs.md) on a completely voluntary basis, for free, in the creator's spare time**. This may be difficult to do but one can choose a lifestyle that minimizes expenses (even [homelessness](homelessness.md)) and therefore also time needed to spend at [work](work.md), which will give more free time for the creation of [LRS](lrs.md). This includes living frugally, not consuming hardware and rather reusing [old machines](ancientware.md), making savings, not spending on unnecessary things such as smoking or fashion etc. And of course, if you can't make LRS full-time, you can still find relatively ethical ways of it supporting you and so, again, giving you a little more freedom and resources for creating it.
Also if you can somehow rip off a rich [corporation](corporation.md) and get some money for yourself, do it. Remember, corporations aren't people, they can't feel pain, they probably won't even notice their loss and even if you hurt them, you help the society by hurting a predator.
Also if you can somehow rip off a rich [corporation](corporation.md) and get some money for yourself (preferably legally), do it. Remember, corporations aren't people, they can't feel pain, they probably won't even notice their loss and even if you hurt them, you help the society by hurting the Satan. The only thing to watch for is to not commit a provable crime, fraud and theft is better to be avoided, but for example a destructive lawsuit for psychological harm or something is cool.
**Is programming software the only way to make money with LRS?** No, you can do anything related to LRS and you don't even have to know [programming](programming.md). You can create [free](free_culture.md) art such as [game](game.md) assets or writings, you can educate, write articles etc.