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data based products aren't subject to the supply law, obviously, since the supply is infinite and would therefore have a zero price if it were not for copyright
by thatcat 2y ago
data based products aren't subject to the supply law, obviously, since the supply is infinite and would therefore have a zero price if it were not for copyright laws.
- WalterBright 2y agoI know that very well, as the D Language Foundation gives away D compilers for free, source code and all.
- idle_zealot 2y agoExactly! Imagine if FOSS weren't a social norm in the space of programming tooling. You'd probably see something like what's gone on in the music industry, with Microsoft, Apple, and Google buying up exclusive rights to nearly every language and toolchain, then selling subscriptions to be allowed to use them (subject to T&C), and they'd be able to do this only because they could wield legally-granted power punish anyone distributing their purchased toolchains. The world would be significantly worse.