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Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware (www.windowscentral.com)

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[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip -4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Most distro maintainers would expect something for commercial licences. Can't have them take all your hard earned money! Max I can do is 0$.

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[–] VAK@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

They're usually gpl licensed. You can do whatever you want with it (including selling it for a bazillion monies) as long as you give the code too.

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[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 1 point 3 days ago

No they wouldn't. Where did you even get that idea from?

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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 3 days ago

All the distroes are under GPL, so there is no need

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