What stops someone else from just offering a download of release builds for free?
I understand FOSS can be financed when the customer is a business, but when it's a user?
I understand FOSS can be financed when the customer is a business, but when it's a user?
Pirating a FOSS app would probably have less of a psychological barrier, but I think it would be more frowned upon instead. (I won’t judge you if you pirate Photoshop, but pirating Inkscape? Shame on you!) We’ll have to see how it plays out though.