@mangeurdenuage @iwillbite >Why does the food industry needs protectionism then ? Doesn't it show how economically nonviable it is ?
because, iunno, being completely dependent on other countries for food means you're at the mercy of their whims? imagine comparing something you need to biologically survive with something abstract lol

>Look at MS, the only reason why it's everywhere it's because it's the defacto OS sold on IBM clones
yet most servers run linux in spite of MS' shenanigans, because people appreciate its stability compared to windows. that's the point i'm trying to make here, your tangent here is irrelevant

>So do the users themselves
iunno, i'm an artist and i found the vector brush pretty neat. are you an artist? nope

>it turned out to be a fallacy to think so as otherwise "piracy" would not exist
"yes we're losing a portion of sales due to piracy so clearly keeping it proprietary is a failure, we should release it and lose almost all our sales instead"

>but why would you finance proprietary software for personal small fun project ? It's not critical to your survival
why would you buy a john deere? it's not critical to your survival you can cut the lawn with a pair of scissors instead

>Bullshit
so i take it you didn't buy any free software then :smug1: