> interesting to observe how it overlaps with this conception of the hacker spirit There is quite a difference between giving voluntarily and being expropriate

> interesting to observe how it overlaps with this conception of the hacker spirit There is quite a difference between giving voluntarily and being expropriated. > would be a lot better off without the capitalists That's less capitalism, but rather monopolism and nepotism (actually a "government failure" in the view of public economics). If there were real competition, these publishers could not afford to charge such margins.