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Questions about the economics of free and open-source software

For questions about the economic models, practices, and incentives of free software.

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Why should software be free when housing, education, groceries, books, movies, music and utilities are not?

As a programmer, I always felt unconvinced by the slogan that "all software should be free". Why should software be free when housing, education, groceries, books, movies, music and utilities are not? What is it about the product of my labor that…
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