i will state my position on shareware and such and ill let it be. I am for FREE software
"From each according to their means, to each according to their needs"?
C'mon, even Marx himself recognised that such a Utopian system could never actually exist in the real world.
It is unbelievably naive and unrealistic to expect software authors to spend months or even YEARS of their time and/or spare time with no hope of any recompense whatsoever.
For those who say "well the gratitude of users should be enough", I have only scorn. Frankly, most users are ingrates who constantly moan because the program isn't
exactly what they wanted or expected... or who believe they have some sort of God-given right to get what they want for nothing anyway, and so therefore don't need to feel grateful.
Get real.
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