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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago (33 children)

Yeah, because why should app developers get paid, right? They should all code for free at their local public library. Maybe live in a big ceramic jar like Diogenes.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (28 children)

"Free" as in "freedom", not price. There's nothing stopping somebody from making money on FOSS.

Goddam Richard Stallman really screwed the PR up on that one with the "free" thing.

[–] anti_antidote 3 points 2 years ago (18 children)

When you figure out how to make a living writing FOSS let me know

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