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Re:Ask HN: Have you regretted making something open-source? by nitrogen on Sunday July 30, 2017 @02:59PM (#14887298)
It's probably a good thing that people maintain a disdain for freeloading, though. It's important for at least some of the gains from a new creation to go to the creator, otherwise the market for whatever product will stagnate because the people with resources are not the people with ideas.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you regretted making something open-source? by quickthrower2 on Sunday July 30, 2017 @05:24PM (#14887900)
Freeloading but also copyright violation. No different to selling a cracked Windows installer.
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