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> Imagine if we were still selling boxed software and they decided that in light of COVID-19 they just hand it out with a two week limit. I think that is a fai

by mcherm 6y ago

> Imagine if we were still selling boxed software and they decided that in light of COVID-19 they just hand it out with a two week limit. I think that is a fair comparison. As a software developer, I would JUMP at the opportunity to do that. Partly because it would be an opportunity to help sustain the world through this time of crisis at no real cost to myself (perhaps some opportunity cost). And partly because it would serve as free advertising.

therealcamino 6y ago
That's not quite what happened here -- your software is given away whether or not you want to jump on that opportunity, because they don't care what you want. If you happen to notice what's going on, you can ask them to stop. And you don't get any goodwill from giving it away, because it was the Internet Archive and not you that made the gesture. Honestly they would have gotten huge buy-in from authors if they'd bothered to ask. What bothers me more is the intellectual dishonesty of their FAQ's.