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Re:Paragon submits 27k-line NTFS driver to Linux kernel by qchris on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:18PM (#24253976)
It turns out someone (could be you?) wrote a Medium article about open-source software using the "free as in puppy" metaphor, although I don't think that they really used in the same way you are here with regards to a corporation using the open-source community to functionally receive free labor. I'm definitely going to add it to my mental list...

[1] https://medium.com/swlh/free-as-in-puppy-5b7eb1bf3908

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Re:Paragon submits 27k-line NTFS driver to Linux kernel by hinkley on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:25PM (#24254041)
Wasn’t me. Gifts bearing obligations come in a lot of shapes and sizes, I just always found the puppy metaphor very compelling and so I like to use it.

(As a mental exercise sometime, go to a pet store and figure out how much a “$12 hamster” costs once you get everything you need to set up and maintain a habitat.)

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