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Re:Caddy Proposal: Permanently change all proprietary licens... by darkwater on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:35AM (#21155594)
Good for you, but you can't expect that everybody is in the same situation as you.
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Re:Caddy Proposal: Permanently change all proprietary licens... by pjmlp on Friday October 04, 2019 @04:01AM (#21155718)
Indeed, there are also plenty of stuff I cannot afford and have to contend with cheaper alternatives.

Just like you cannot expect people that you don't support their work, keep doing it for free ad eternum.

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Re:Caddy Proposal: Permanently change all proprietary licens... by coldtea on Friday October 04, 2019 @05:42AM (#21156137)
>Just like you cannot expect people that you don't support their work, keep doing it for free ad eternum

Sure you can.

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Re:Caddy Proposal: Permanently change all proprietary licens... by pjmlp on Friday October 04, 2019 @07:05AM (#21156493)
And then upstream developers go work for a corporation and everyone downstream comes with their pitchforks to HN, bad luck.
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