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Everything is built on previous knowledge. And at some point, things need to transition to public domain and the compensation has to end. Do artists that draw a car, compensate the first guy that drew a wheel? Do kids with crayons need to compensate the inventors of specific pigments for example. It would get absurd.


Show me the software you're charging for and I will unilaterally decide it's built on prior work and re-sell it.




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