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Re:Show HN: Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @09:19AM (#5170715)
The one thing with doing that myself that would worry me, is some community project releasing free pre-built versions would spring up.
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Re:Show HN: Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac by karolist on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @09:55AM (#5170885)
That's essentially what happened when XChat (IRC program) started to charge for windows builds.
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Re:Show HN: Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @10:16AM (#5171023)
I'm aware of that example, it was on my mind when I made the comment.

I suppose the only way it could work is if there is a special incentive to buy it. Some video game companies do this, they have the engine open-source, but all the assets are proprietary.

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