> But any attempt to abridge access to code without mandatory payment is not only ridiculous but purely unethical Is it ethical to pay someone to create softwa

> But any attempt to abridge access to code without mandatory payment is not only ridiculous but purely unethical Is it ethical to pay someone to create software that wouldn't otherwise exist? Is it ethical to create the software and then refuse to deliver it until the check clears? Is it ethical for a semiretired hacker in the US to build a 1 person SaaS company around software written by someone making do with ten dollars a day in the phillipines without sending them a dime?