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by slowpoke 5018 days ago
Something being open != you cannot make money with it. This notion is stupid, false and dishonest.

Besides, I don't think companies have a "right to make money", anyways. That would lead to government enforced business models and the utter insanity to which this leads can currently be observed in the copyright industries and their ongoing fight against free speech.
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kanzure 5018 days ago
> Something being open != you cannot make money with it. This notion is stupid, false and dishonest.

In fact, open source is the money-making arm of free software.

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slowpoke 5017 days ago
That's mostly because those who want to make money don't like to call it "Free Software". Blame the English language for having only a single widespread word for "costless" and "libre".
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