• wer2@lemmy.zip
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    At one point my company made us buy Eclipse from a vendor because free software was not allowed. It had no tweaks or support, just out of date Eclipse that I had to wait for purchasing to get

    • arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      Whenever I hear about shit like this I wonder if I should just start a company and package free software lol. Could like donate a bunch of the profit to the actual projects.

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        The issue here is you’d be selling it to morons who, when shit inevitably happens, would sue your pants off. So that means having lawyers that can protect you, probably on staff. Not sure it’s worth it. You’d need to do the maths I guess

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          Now I wonder if one could pull a scam by selling some packaged software and closing the company the next month, simultaneously announcing End of Support