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Re:Librem 5 general development report – October by gehsty on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:57AM (#18239004)
Real hackers :)

Markets do matter because they dictate if the company exists to support the people who have purchased their product. Will a Real Hacker spend unpaid time to fix security bugs in this phone, then also host this for free and distribute?

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Re:Librem 5 general development report – October by AsyncAwait on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:44AM (#18239561)
> Will a Real Hacker spend unpaid time to fix security bugs in this phone, then also host this for free and distribute?

That's how the vast majority of free software was developed for a very long time indeed.

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Re:Librem 5 general development report – October by gehsty on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:31PM (#18242115)
But not to the size and scale of a phone operating system.

Most major open source projects face corporate sponsorship. Or provided by universities.

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Re:Librem 5 general development report – October by AsyncAwait on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @05:34PM (#18244028)
The Librem5 will run a standard GNU/Linux distro, many of which are entirely community maintained.
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Re:Librem 5 general development report – October by acct1771 on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:01AM (#18239065)
Some might.
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