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brownbat

Well...

(1) If you believe prices trend towards marginal cost, and,

(2) the cost of acquiring a new user trends lower for more useful products, then it follows that...

(3) capping the price of software would generally improve its overall quality.

(Don't worry, I'm mostly joking. Still...)

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It's a GNU/FSF article about software freedom, it's not about pricing.

The libre/gratis distinction is important, sure. But when rms argued against "programs as property" here, there were certain implications about pricing models that came along for the ride, whether that was his primary intention or not.

My argument is really a (somewhat tongue in cheek) rebuttal to people who think libre software, which incidentally tends to be gratis, can never be high quality or sustainable.

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