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Tichy on July 16, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple's free pass on open source

Not THAT discussion again. If open source developers give away their code for free, it is free. They shouldn't come around a couple of months later and say "we do want something back after all".

notauser on July 16, 2008 [–]

I don't complain when companies chose not to contribute back to open source projects they use.

I _do_ tend to try and spend my money with companies that contribute back.

Tichy on July 16, 2008 | [–]

Absolutely, I feel the same way. It's just that I think if people claim that their software is free, they should stand by their word.

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