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ZDNet UK: Paying for Free Software May Be the Bargain of a Lifetime

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“‘A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source
community,’ Theo de Raadt, the founder and lead developer of the
OpenBSD open source operating system, declared this week.

“His gripe is that while his organisation is struggling to make
ends meet on losses of around $20,000 a year, proprietary software
companies that benefit from his team’s work are making money hand
over fist. The relationship is all take and no give. That’s
basically unfair, says de Raadt…”

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