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Re:Richard Stallman Explains [video] by tho9Ohx1eo on Thursday August 10, 2017 @02:24AM (#14976981)
> The parent comment is correct that free software has put magnitudes less food on kids bellies.

At the same time it empowered those who could not afford to pay or could not pay (legal/geo-restrictions, DRM etc).

Re:Richard Stallman Explains [video] by lloydde on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:40AM (#14980149)
Absolutely! Additionally, if we are able to create more cases where this inherently collaborative delivery leads to better software then it would unlock real economic growth. Unfortunately, these are ultimately hard people problems.