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Re:How to take over the computer of a Maven Central user by danielweber on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @10:06AM (#8102278)
If they aren't paying you, they aren't your users.

This reinforces my priors that there is very little "free-as-in-beer" software.

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Re:How to take over the computer of a Maven Central user by technomancy on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @11:40AM (#8102818)
The software that runs the repository is nearly irrelevant for the purpose of this discussion. The question is solely about services, which are a lot more difficult to fund at scale.
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