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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by infamouscow on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:28AM (#38305761)
It also doesn't disclaim the author from writing you a check out of the good will of their heart.

I don't understand what's so difficult to understand. It's like everyone has been captured by a machine that will conjure up the most mystifying reasoning to suit a predetermined conclusion that was never true to begin with.

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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by teddyh on Friday November 17, 2023 @02:25PM (#38308723)
> * It also doesn't disclaim the author from writing you a check out of the good will of their heart.*

Nobody expects that. But people do reasonably expect a project to recieve updates, security fixes, and new releases.

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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by infamouscow on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:29PM (#38310651)
I'm not disagreeing with you, you're just wrong.

It's not reasonable to expect a project to receive updates, security fixes, and new releases for software projects the author put on the Internet explicitly with a license saying it's warrantied for no purpose.

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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by teddyh on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:41PM (#38310846)
I was going to present a fair rebuttal, but you’ve just convinced me that it’s unreasonable for you to expect any answer from me in this debate.
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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by infamouscow on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:00PM (#38311833)
There's nothing to debate.

Your starting point is to selectively ignore parts of the authors explicitly chosen license.

It's sophistry.

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