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SF ads call out tech firms for not paying for open source (www.theregister.com)

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[+] [email protected] -6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think you can blame them for this. How many resources do you use without voluntarily paying extra above your legal requirements? Do you donate every time you go to free libraries, museums, parks, cathedrals, etc? I certainly don't and I don't think that makes me "the parasite class".

[–] Maalus 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Free libraries, museums, parks are paid for by taxes. So yes, you do pay for them. I've been in a bunch of cathedrals that charged for entry, yes.