Sometimes I wonder if open-source tools would be better if people were forced to always pay for the software they use.

The imsta.org/piracy.php page throws some interesting thoughts.

> Serum reportedly has a piracy rate of 94% and it is still being developed.
> It would be a mistake to infer that the popularity of a music software product automatically translates into riches for the software developer.

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@falktx What we need is a merging of the class struggle and the free software struggle. Softwarr workers unions withholding labour for propietary software. As long as we let money decide what kind of software will be produced under what conditions, we are lost.

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@lukas Not sure if a good idea, there is a lot of prior knowledge needed in order to proper understand the free software vs piracy dilemma.
And I think if class struggle is resolved, it would automatically/directly help free software case.

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