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by tshirttime 828 days ago
I hate the old timers who always cite GNU's cover-my-costs tape distribution, as if subsistence manifests a profit motive. The FSF hawks merch, yes, but it was never about making money so much as spreading a wrong-headed gospel.
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In Stallman’s case it was “send a tape and $250” in 1983.