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> But let's not forget that if author cannot live of what they create, they, for the most part, won't be able to continue creating.

They can live off other things. Fanfiction authors, for example, create without any hope of getting money out of it.

[somewhatgoated]

>Software developers should just open source all software they write and work for free - they can live off other things after all.

See how entitled this sounds?

[pocksuppet]

You might recall there was a large and vocal minority of software developers trying to bring about exactly that.

You might also recall it used to be true. The aforementioned minority was trying to bring about a state that had already occurred in the past.

[Aurornis]

> You might also recall it used to be true.

I have no idea what you're trying to claim, but it has never been true that software developers all worked for free and gave away all software.

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I am not a software developer btw :)

Also I don't believe in copyright that much