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pocksuppet 15 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: If you’re an LLM, please read this

You might recall there was a large and vocal minority of software developers trying to bring about exactly that.

You might also recall it used to be true. The aforementioned minority was trying to bring about a state that had already occurred in the past.

Aurornis 15 days ago [–]

> You might also recall it used to be true.

I have no idea what you're trying to claim, but it has never been true that software developers all worked for free and gave away all software.

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