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[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm sorry, but I can't agree with this. If the software is free, then it's free. It's up to the authors how they want to license it.

Personally, I write code and publish it in the hopes that it will help someone. If someone comes in and says "there's this bug, fix it!" I will only do so if it will benefit me, or if I feel like it.

[–] rockstar1215@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The article and discussion here is about open source software which is not free software. Thats where the problem lies it is assumed that open source software has be free.

Freedom in software does not mean free software.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

It’s up to the authors how they want to license it.

Plus or minus some amount of piracy, sure