Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement
by TideAd on Monday April 18, 2022 @01:18AM
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There might be 1% of the population with the expertise to build it from source, and even most of them would prefer to just pay $15.
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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement
by andai on Monday April 18, 2022 @01:49AM
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Yeah, exactly. I think the real risk seems to be unofficial precompiled versions, or clones/derivatives, but the same risk exists for redistributing/cracking (and to a lesser degree, modding) closed source software.
Jason Rohrer's game One Hour One Life has a few community spin-offs, which is also really interesting. There are also blatant clones, of course, but it seems to be a worthwhile tradeoff on the whole.