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Fuxy on July 1, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The new 501(c)(3) and the future of free software ...

Yes however one company builds a product to sell it or make a profit in some other way while another gives it away for free.

I would argue that the OSS company is still at a disadvantage since they have to figure out how to feed the developers (pay them a decent wage) while still giving the software away for free.

danielweber on July 1, 2014 | [–]

Can't they just slap ads everywhere?

Fuxy on July 1, 2014 | [–]

That's one option however a very annoying one for their users plus if it happens to be something non standard like a Linux terminal app where do you put the ads?

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