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Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support (www.theregister.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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It's hard to imagine something as fundamental to computing as the sudo command becoming abandonware, yet here we are: its solitary maintainer is asking for help to keep the project alive.

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[–] 4 points 7 months ago

The pittance that most of these companies do contribute is in no way a fair share of the profits they reap from using FOSS.

Valve is an exception to the rule.

You're arguing that the factory owner giving a few bucks to someone who produced a tool that improved productivity of the factory is somehow a just compensation.

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