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This is a terrible idea. I like the idea of paying money to not be spied on--I wish more companies adopted that model--but turning your opensource project into
by bogwog 7y ago
This is a terrible idea. I like the idea of paying money to not be spied on--I wish more companies adopted that model--but turning your opensource project into spyware and holding privacy ransom is just so evil. It's also incredibly naive and detached from reality. Most people are not going to be okay with this, so what will happen is that they will either fork you or create an alternative that respects your privacy rather than pay up.
- aviaviavi 7y agoI understand where you're coming from. I think saying it's evil and holding privacy for ransom is inaccurate though. The goal of this is to give individual developers leverage to charge companies who profit from their work. People who wish to use your package for free and do it completely privately can still download your source code and run it. Scarf doesn't take away anyone's ability to do anything. It aims to augment existing software by offering a path for easy installation with telemetry and payments set up already. Nothing gets baked into the software, it's all at the distribution level.
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