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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yes.

Well, not literally, both because I'm more inclined to "high five" and you can't do either gesture over the Internet. But figuratively, yes.

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  • [+] -17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Why don't you just gift away your software than? That's an honest question. You obviously aren't expecting to be paid for it, do you think in general developers shouldn't earn money with software or is it just you?

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why don’t you just gift away your software than?

    Because I don't make those decisions; my employer does. They ought to give it away, but they don't.

    (The software I've worked on has tended to be either (a) tools for internal company use or (b) stuff used by the government/large companies where the revenue would definitely have come from a support contract even if the code itself were free.)

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The writer whose article is the subject of this post releases his books without DRM. He ends his podcast with a quote encouraging piracy. I found him because of an earlier book he released under a share alike licence

    He has found that piracy increases the reach of his message, and increases his sales

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