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		_blk on Dec 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When should we require that firmware be free? Agreed but then it's not free. Someone already paid for it [we the people.]

tremon on Dec 17, 2024 [–]

There's a difference between production cost and sale price. The latter is the one being referred to by the GP. The article itself is about neither: it talks about software freedom, not monetary cost.

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