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		ThrowawayR2 on Sept 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Mac didn’t bring programming to the people Bringing programming to the people does not mean giving away your work for gratis. The fuss over the increasing use of non-free but source available licenses instead of OSI approved FOSS licenses shows that people are coming around to Gates' viewpoint.

Zambyte on Sept 17, 2023 [–]

Maybe we should encourage people to charge more for Free Software instead of licensing software in a way that arbitrarily restricts users.

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