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		snarfy on Dec 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The failed economics of our software commons and w... It's a free software problem. Software would be funded if it was paid for.

quadrangle on Dec 9, 2014 [–]

Well, exactly. The entire issue only applies when talking about public goods. Proprietary software is not a public good.

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