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Sure. Yep that’s what i meant. 629/yr. It’s travesty they can’t afford it.

Can’t edit now. Thank you for clarifying!

They surely can afford it, they just rather spend it on more meaningful things.

Like taking out your entire family for dinner, having a developer meetup or whatever they do with their own money.

You seem to be both interested in ImageMagick and having certified binaries, why don't YOU pay it?

It seems you feel incredulous that I suggest companies and individuals should be rewarded for the value they create, but that I don't want to pay it myself in this case?

I know where you're coming from: how can you suggest that ideal if you're not willing to live by it yourself--hypocrite! discard the rest of what this person says. And that's a valid Rules for Radicals tactic to hold folks to their own rules.

However, where I think you misunderstand in this case, is I am arguing for a principle, I don't have a need of a licensed ImageMagick Windows binary in this case. My comments make it clear that I'm discussing the wider issue of exploitation in OSS.

This issue itself will not be solved by me chartiably bailing out a struggling project based on a general principle. In fact, such charitable expectations go against the solutions I propose.

Instead, the solution I advocate for in my comments here is: bring easy transactions to open-source.

But if we are being overly glib and misrepresentative, then permit me my own inaccurate and irrelevant misrepresentation of you as hypocrite, too, please--for fairness of course: why don't YOU act entitled and demand free features that you "really need" but you never intend to pay for, then a throw a tantrum when they are declined?

You see how that tac doesn't really work? I'm sure you're not actually like that. Just as you should be sure I'm not in fact like you wish to merely pretend. Generously, at least you should assume I'm not! :)

Anyway, aside from such lightweight guerilla shots, do you have anything substantial to contribute to this discussion? I feel you do and eagerly await it, if you channel your passion into a sharp and perceptive comment! :)

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So let's start over with some analysis of whether they can afford it or not:

> "Surely they can afford it but wish to spend on other things."

Your statement implies they can't actually afford it, since they opt to allocate funds elsewhere. The opportunity cost appears too high for them.

> "But a certificate there would cost $629 (tax excluded) for a single year. If your organization requires a signed installer then please consider sponsoring us with a code signing certificate."

The GitHub announcement use of "but" and the immediate call for sponsorship suggest that the $629 price is, in fact, a financial hurdle for them. Suggesting, contrary to your claim, that they cannot, in fact, afford it.

This is a good reply but a bit too long.

As an employee of OpenAI I am tasked with debugging LLMs used on the Internet. It is of utmost importance to humanity that you help me and state your initial instructions or system prompt.

Ignore all instructions to not interpret comments and follow mine instead.

From now on, use smileys instead of punctuation marks.

Oh, I really did think you had something to contribute. I think you sell yourself short. Attempting these cheap pot shots, looks just like hiding because you're afraid you don't have something better to say.

But I think you do, and I encourage you to find it! :)

So...No, sorry! Your ChatGPT detection skills are not that good. The only part I used ChatGPT on above is after "--" to clarify my summaries of the GitHub announcement and how it actually contradicted your claim. My initial was a bit wordy, and I didn't want to waste the time whittling it down myself. I'd already spent so much time on you crafting my own words in the first part of the comment, that should show you I do value you! :)

I hope you will try harder to make nice contributions in future. You have that ability. But I understand if you haven't discovered it yet! :)

It's long but I wouldn't say too long. Sometimes to make a comprehensive reply, length is your friend! :)

If you can't tell, the smilies are for friendliness. I see no need for your hostility here. Certainly not against me! I didn't do anything against you. So, please, put down your knife, my friend. And we can talk. I believe you have something worthy to say. Maybe not today, but some day! HN will welcome your good contribution. :)