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by jiggy2011 5258 days ago
I think he just described some.

There seems to be a phenomenon on HN of hardcore anti-copyright or pro-piracy posters who reply antagonistically to posts that they appear to have either deliberately misread or not read at all.
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burgerbrain 5257 days ago
The discussion is about the statement: "But he's asking ALL software developers to stop making software for money"

That is blatantly false. Who gives a shit if they are selling software, or selling "support" for software? Either way people are making money with GPL software.

There seems to be a phenomenon on HN of absurd pedants deliberately derailing conversations.

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jiggy2011 5257 days ago
My post was a reply to:

"You do realize that people sell GPL'd software all the time, right?"

You specifically said sell and I asked for examples.

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burgerbrain 5257 days ago
As I said, pedants derailing conversations. The most popular way seems to be selectively ignoring context.

"sell"

So sue me.

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