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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by _Algernon_ on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:05PM (#32974831)
>If people who write software for financial gain decide to quit would it be such a loss?

When this happens we will finally have the Year of the Linux Desktop, and it will be a good year.

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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by blowski on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:27PM (#32975044)
A lot of Linux is built by people on salaries from big tech.
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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by yencabulator on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:02PM (#32975455)
And a lot of worst of modern day Linux & Open Source is those big tech corporations pushing their own agendas... Linux might even be better off being a hobby again.
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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by kybernetikos on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:30PM (#32976485)
Which is great for this conversation, because it proves that it isn't absolutely necessary for software copyright to exist in order for people to get paid to write it.
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