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So what's wrong with asking for $$$?[ Parent ] (none / 0) (#7)
by Anonymous User on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 10:30:04 AM PDT

Yes, I know about copyrights, EULAs, and other such B$. But seriously, if the guy's using the money to buy additional hardware for testing his hacked software, then why would you have a problem with that?

Remember that his request was for donations, austensibly so he could continue his work and improve on his product. It's your choice as to whether or not you want to pay it.

To add, while it's against the severly-flawed DMCA, I still would have no objections to this guy offering his improved drivers for sale only. After all, if Compaq didn't reverse-engineer the IBM PC to create the original DeskPro, then there would have been no PC clone market--and we'd probably be paying $2000 for a 486-based PS/2 running OS/2! There's nothing wrong with building a better mousetrap--and selling it.

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