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		danielweber on July 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to take over the computer of a Maven Central u... If they aren't paying you, they aren't your users. This reinforces my priors that there is very little "free-as-in-beer" software.

technomancy on July 29, 2014 [–]

The software that runs the repository is nearly irrelevant for the purpose of this discussion. The question is solely about services, which are a lot more difficult to fund at scale.

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