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Thoughts on Post-Open Source?
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this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2023
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The ability to modify the code is a central tenet of free software. The GPL takes care of making those modifications available to others. That effectively is the payment the original devs get.
Again, my freedom to use and modify the code as I see fit - including selling it - is the whole point.
There's no doubt the developers deserve support for their work, but there's no requirement imposed by Free Software for this.
All criminals get away with their crimes for a time. How many companies want to be sitting on a time bomb like that though?