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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by teddyh on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:55PM (#38310165)
Fixing defects is a different activity from support and future development, no?
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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by andrewjl on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:42PM (#38313802)
Why is that distinction important? Especially in light of the first sentence of the paragraph that sentence is embedded in.

> THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

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