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> So FreeSoftware/OSS people don't work hard? That's not a fair conclusion from the parent comment at all. Software developers _do_ have the right to prevent t
by tsegers 4y ago
> So FreeSoftware/OSS people don't work hard?
That's not a fair conclusion from the parent comment at all. Software developers _do_ have the right to prevent their work from being given away for free. Them _choosing_ to develop FOSS is them voluntarily waiving that right.
- xhkkffbf 4y agoThe GPL is not waiving that right. It's attaching a condition that any improvements must also be distributed too. So that's not free as in beer.
- nix23 4y agoAnd most of the small authors think that copyright should not be longer then 5 years, the only one's against it are the big publishers, so as a small author you cannot choose if you want at least a bit money. But yeah its not a completely fair comparison.