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Re:While open source is free as in beer, it’s also free as i... by hiddentag on Saturday September 17, 2016 @11:42AM (#12520946)
The vast majority of open source projects are a volunteer effort. Either you contribute and better the software or support its community, or you don't. But if you choose the latter you can't complain about the software.
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Re:While open source is free as in beer, it’s also free as i... by empthought on Saturday September 17, 2016 @08:27PM (#12523266)
I certainly can complain about the software. Obviously everyone else is free to ignore me.

Even though I use all of their software, I honestly don't care about the Linux, Java, Node, Emacs, or Python "communities" and it is frankly silly for open source developers to expect me to. I have real communities and responsibilities to devote unpaid labor to.

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