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803 points csmantle | 3 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source
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nottorp ◴[13 Jul 25 09:42 UTC] No.44548896[source]▶
Let me donate, at least...

By the way, how do you prove that a paid for version has no tracking?

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Kuinox ◴[13 Jul 25 09:49 UTC] No.44548938[source]▶
By releasing the source. FOSS software doesn't mean gratuit.
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1. porridgeraisin ◴[13 Jul 25 10:03 UTC] No.44549015[source]▶
What stops someone else from just offering a download of release builds for free?

I understand FOSS can be financed when the customer is a business, but when it's a user?

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2. notpushkin ◴[13 Jul 25 10:14 UTC] No.44549077[source]▶
Nothing, but it doesn’t work for closed source software either.

Pirating a FOSS app would probably have less of a psychological barrier, but I think it would be more frowned upon instead. (I won’t judge you if you pirate Photoshop, but pirating Inkscape? Shame on you!) We’ll have to see how it plays out though.

3. morsch ◴[13 Jul 25 10:33 UTC] No.44549193[source]▶
Nothing, just like nobody stops people from releasing modified builds now in fact people do (waterfox, ...). Trademark law provides a moat, as do fees to get into proprietary app stores.