If they wanted to keep it subscriber only, they could achieve that by requiring users to be logged in. It's clear that the intention is to allow for sharing (a

If they wanted to keep it subscriber only, they could achieve that by requiring users to be logged in. It's clear that the intention is to allow for sharing (although there is the question of "at what scale?"). Then there's the page itself: > Welcome to LWN.net > The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber. Thousands of subscribers depend on LWN for the best news from the Linux and free software communities. If you enjoy this article, please consider subscribing to LWN. Thank you for visiting LWN.net! The people who run the site seem to have less of a problem with sharing its content than you do.