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Free speech implies you can't force it to be not free as in beer. Being allowed to charge money for something doesn't prevent other people for giving it away fr
by hopler 7y ago
Free speech implies you can't force it to be not free as in beer. Being allowed to charge money for something doesn't prevent other people for giving it away free.
- rlayton2 7y agoTrue, but there are a large number of people for whom just running "make" at the command line is too much of a hassle. This is normally the market, not other technical people.
- wmf 7y agoThis really doesn't work and it's a disservice to mention it. Every time someone has tried to withhold binaries other people step up within hours to provide them (whether that's a good thing or not).
- rlayton2 7y agoThats not what I meant. I was more considering "help those people" than "take advantage of them and lock them in"