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Re:FreeCAD BIM development news by rgovostes on Saturday October 31, 2020 @03:27PM (#24954438)
This is the first time I've heard of this change to Fusion360, and my initial reaction was to lower my opinion of Autodesk. But on second thought it seems like a good compromise: hobby users still get the functionality for free, but it dissuades use of the free version in commercial manufacturing.
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Re:FreeCAD BIM development news by Brian_K_White on Saturday October 31, 2020 @04:25PM (#24954915)
I see no excuse for artificially sabotaging output.

Limited access to features is one thing, artificially injected breakage is another.

A person or company that behaves that way is not someone I want to deal with and not a tactic I want to reward with success.

I would rather pay even more to have open source developers work on honest problems.

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Re:FreeCAD BIM development news by nucleardog on Saturday October 31, 2020 @07:48PM (#24956212)
How do you segment hobby CNC from commercial CNC usage?

Seems like “how quickly they need the job run” is a good compromise. For commercial use time is money, for a hobbyist something taking a bit longer is pretty inconsequential.

The alternative you’d suggest is just to cut the hobbyists off. How is that better?

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