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Re:Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access by amelius on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @10:12AM (#47517609)
It would be great if all open source required payment of at least 1 dollarcent for enterprises, to make sure the purchase accounting layers are working in case anyone wants to send more money.

For 1 cent, we can still call it "free" even as in beer, the amount is small enough for that to be fair.

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Re:Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access by chuckadams on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @10:13AM (#47517631)
And if the penny isn't paid, no source? Then it's not open source. And practically speaking, no one will pay that.
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Re:Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access by amelius on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @10:27AM (#47517804)
If the penny isn't paid, they can still have the source.

But their legal department will have a problem.

I hope you understand the point now.

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Re:Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access by chuckadams on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @11:30AM (#47518718)
Going after them with legal claims is an odd definition of "can".
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Re:Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access by amelius on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @12:24PM (#47519521)
Nobody is going after them.

And remember this is only for enterprises.

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Re:Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access by TheNewsIsHere on Thursday March 26, 2026 @05:32PM (#47536064)
This does require large players acting in good faith.

Or, at best, competently.

Sometimes both of those, or neither, are in evidence.

But I like the way you think. Make it a contract performance issue for legal teams to police internally.

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Re:Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access by thayne on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @11:19AM (#47518565)
And in order to pay that 1 cent, you have to pay 23 cents or so to a payment processor.
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Re:Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access by amelius on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @01:17PM (#47520316)
It's only for enterprises. They should have no problem with that.
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