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As opposed to... giving the tech away for free? What alternative are you proposing is better?

• WalterBright 5y ago
  I give away tech for free that I work full time on every day. (The D programming language). So does everyone else who works on it. It's how Open Source works.
  • manigandham 5y ago
    Good for you. This isn't open-source though. It's capital intensive product development and people want to be paid for their efforts. Are you seriously suggesting that they should just work for free?
    • WalterBright 5y ago
      Not at all. They're free to manufacture and sell sawstop saws. They can also supply the necessary hardware to other saw makers, saving them the trouble of developing it themselves. It'd be likely cheaper to just buy the hardware than reverse-engineer it.