zdnet.co.uk: Equilibrium price of proprietary software is nothing

[Ben Finney]

Alex Hudson <home at alexhudson.com> writes:

> I have a deep scepticism for arguments which say all software should
> be given away at no charge.

As do I. Selling software is an excellent and legitimate way to fund
development of past and future software.

What is untenable is charging money for making and distributing a copy
of software and then attempting to restrict the freedom of the
recipient to make and redistribute their own copies. If the recipient
can't be convinced to pay without artificially restricting their
freedom in the work once legitimately received, you're doing it wrong.

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Ben Finney