The internet age has seen a tremendous uplift of people from a disconnected, game of 'Telephone' like existence, to one where groups are constantly coalescing and forming into new organ-ismic like awareness, in new ways everyday. One of the lynchpins of this new awareness is the computer software used to operate all of this infrastucture keeping us connected.
Many are aware of how completely Linux, the brainchild of Linus TOrvald, has revolutionized the world to become the kernal of choice for giants as big as Google and their super success, Android, all the way down to the RasberryPi digital programming chip. What has morphed off of that though is the new term KarmaWare
KarmaWare is basically freeware with atwist. If the end user has the means and wherewithall to contribute monetarily, they do through a convenient payment option located on the creators website or distribution channel. This is creating even more opportunity for the Designer to get distributed, and for the end user to have their needs met in the digi-sphere, a win-win for everbody indeed.
Consider this from a Karmaware developer Jon Kostura:
Karmaware -
'The intent of Karmaware is to generate and foster good karma for all of us. ' - Jon Kostura
Karmaware is a relatively new term to describe a software or component that 'requires no payment to fully use the program.'
An amazing revelation for those who are aware or karma aware, as the name implies, this re-stucture of the software component payway is set to revolutionize the cloud s we know it. While most programs out there made by developers are offered as \'Shareware\' the programs could be evaluated for a few days and then required a payment for continued use. A majority of less important programs have been simply released as Freeware.
To quote the instigator of this change Jon Kostura from his website:
'Karma-ware is a bridge between Freeware and Shareware. It gives both the program user and me the ability to generate good karma. I can freely distribute the programs to the end user with no expectation of money as with Shareware. The end user, if able and willing, may decide to make a donation to support our programming efforts and web site operation. The end user should feel absolutely no obligation to make any payment for the use of the program. The end user should however feel an obligation to use the program for their own personal benefit and the benefit of others.
To me it is all about being in this endeavor together. I am simply providing a tool to enable the end user on their journey and the people they help. That is really what Karmaware is to me. \' http://www.2near.com/edge/karmaware.html
The amount of change and innovation that we see worldwide will completely revolutionize what we know as life today and in the future. With the advent of A.I. and computers that can perceive choose and act independently, the implications of karmaWare on a sentient net are astounding. Will these 'programs' become truly karmic as we venture into sentient machines awareness? Meaning more bluntly, will we see a Robot survival of the fittest race to A. I. Supremecy? only the robot gods really know....
