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		knolax on Nov 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitRoyalty – First OSS Paywall If it's truly OSS what's there to prevent someone from simply forking it to make a version where the manifest file is distributed freely (in both senses of the word)?

hnruss on Nov 5, 2019 [–]

What is the incentive for someone to pay to access the manifest file and then maintain a free fork that includes it?

knolax on Nov 5, 2019 | [–]

I feel like a manifest file is not that hard to write yourself. It's the same incentive as any other FLOSS work.

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