Post #2397436

2026-02-01 04:32 UTC

@rastilin@aus.social @pafurijaz@mastodon.social I don't see a likelihood of users or corporations being willing to pay for open source. If payment changes hands, that's a contract. And I'm sure that everyone wants a contract that protects them from anything that might go wrong.

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@max@gruene.social 2026-02-01 10:35

@egoldblatt@gardenstate.social @rastilin@aus.social @pafurijaz@mastodon.social Users and corporations are already paying for free software. It's just that the stack is just too large and they tend to only pay for end-products. (And not enough for those so that the depending projects get their fair share) Basically another case of "trickle down economy" not working and why we need more government based support for free software projects.

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@only_ohm@mas.to 2026-02-01 17:15

@egoldblatt@gardenstate.social @rastilin@aus.social @pafurijaz@mastodon.social IANAL, but I suspect in a lot of jurisdictions, if you charge for the software, you can't "disclaim the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose", as GPL has it.

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