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Re:Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux by vacri on Thursday September 15, 2016 @12:41AM (#12503467)
> It sucks because someone who writes an amazing tool still has to come up with a whole other business in order to make income from it.

However, selling the software itself means you have to engage in a robust licensing system to defeat the pirates, which is no trivial feat (even mighty Adobe went online-as-a-service because they couldn't beat the pirates).

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Re:Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux by pfranz on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @04:22PM (#12543023)
Well, I think you get around that by making a service-based company instead of a software-based company--that's completely separate from open source vs closed source. Unfortunately, not all businesses can be structured like that.
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