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It makes perfect sense if you don't personally own or use Windows. I don't pay Microsoft again to play TitanFall just because their servers are hosted on Azure.
by Neeek 9y ago
It makes perfect sense if you don't personally own or use Windows. I don't pay Microsoft again to play TitanFall just because their servers are hosted on Azure.
I understand we all probably use tools everyday that can be attributed to these projects and I don't mean to imply that you shouldn't give them money. Just that the Netflix/WhatsApp comments seem a little disingenuous. That shouldn't be in the "reasons you need BSD", those are just reasons Neflix and WhatsApp need BSD.
- tachion 9y agoYou might one day want to run a startup or a project and then you could just do it on FreeBSD in any way you like, given the permissive license and this is exactly the reason why you need BSD, not only because Netflix or WhatsApp uses them to serve you the service.
- Neeek 9y agoI should donate to every project on github in case I need to use one somewhere in the future!
- boomboomsubban 9y agoI can guarantee you'll need to use an operating system, they're rather essential. Ensuring the basic building blocks are available for future use is beneficial, and showing what has previously been built with them shows why.
- Neeek 9y agoNo need to be smug, FreeBSD is hardly the only operating system available to us.
- boomboomsubban 9y agoI'm not saying that it is, just that you can't compare it to "every project on github."