There is always a way out of debt, in software as well as in real life. It's called a clearance. Or a jubilee, in public matters. Just to say that "debt" is no

There is always a way out of debt, in software as well as in real life. It's called a clearance. Or a jubilee, in public matters. Just to say that "debt" is not a physical, inescapable fact, it _can_ be cleared, fully, or partially (interest-wise for instance). The concept of "debt" is not much clarifying/simplifying the concept, and "interest" here has no significant/similar meaning as in financial matters. The analogy stops quick enough. Legacy is in itself a slightly better analogy, as it conceals away that it is good or bad in itself.