@hakui >that's what the license does, to keep it within the corpo so they can continue to get their return on investment on it
If the corpo wanted to keep it in the corpo, they simply wouldn't publish the software.

The whole idea that the government should maintain serious restrictions, that go against society and good nature, even if that actually (it doesn't) guarantees a handful of corpos a return on investment is ridiculous.

>on a completely voluntary basis instead of a market-based trade. where another person in a similar situation could decide not to do so at all and just use it for free. that's a donation, not a buy
Writing "for free" is oxymoronic unless you mean; "for freedom".

Many free software projects are maintained just fine on donations

A market-based trade operates on the exchange of actual products, not something that operates on the restriction of copying that anyone can do with a computer.

>guess what, we're at the low trust part of the cycle. people who are still stuck in a high trust mindset are finding their cats eaten
That concept is in no way related

If someone makes a copy of the software, $0 has been lost and there is the potential of a future sale.

If someone eats a cat, that cat is dead.

>there are reasons why people still choose to use proprietary shit and "because i want to fit in with the crowd" does not apply in csp
Yes, there is probably another reason than that, but I'll probably put it down to; "stupidly and lack of respect of own freedom", as there is minimal existing lock-in.