• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    Wouldn’t it be better to just give the code for free to a good corporate citizen who can be entrusted with its stewardship?

    To be fair, since it’s public domain, anyone can take it, modify it (and not release modifications), and try to screw you over w/ it.

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      1 day ago

      No but im saying it shouldn’t be public, it should be given to a good corporate citizen to maintain so we can rent it back when we need it.

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        1 day ago

        Well, public domain gets you halfway there. You can still rent it later, provided the original is user-unfriendly enough that you’d be interested in alternatives.

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          Okay but ‘public domain’ is communist, and everyone within 20 miles of it should be killed

          But its not physical so there is no precise location for it, and the only way to sidestep this existential problem is by not having a public domain, so maybe my headache goes away.