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by nitrogen
3093 days ago
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At some point we have to acknowledge that our modern technological society relies on having a common, free foundation of tools available to everyone. Sometimes really big companies will get more value out than they put in, but so does everyone else and that's kind of the point of a foundational tool. All of this free, open, etc. software works in part because of a "pay it forward" approach to the community. If people shame big users for not "paying back" enough, rather than finding more productive means of encouragement, the whole system of free tools becomes less tenable because future users will pick other tools that don't have PR risk attached. |
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