The Expense of Unprotected Free Software: It's high time FOSS maintainers got a bit of appreciation
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Until the big guns manage to sort things out, we're just going to need to take care of things however we can. The best we can hope for, of course, is to convince companies, institutions, and governments that it would be a really good idea to cut monthly checks for those people who maintain the software that these organizations absolutely depend upon.
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Published: 01 July 2024
Published in QUEUE Volume 22, Issue 3
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