DesertDwellingWeirdo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourcedwww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square117linkfedilinkarrow-up11.48Kcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.mlpositive_news@lemmy.caopensource@lemmy.mlOpenSource@europe.pubhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sefoss@beehaw.org404media@rss.ponder.catnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months ago Wouldn’t it be better to just give the code for free to a good corporate citizen who can be entrusted with its stewardship? To be fair, since it’s public domain, anyone can take it, modify it (and not release modifications), and try to screw you over w/ it.
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWell, public domain gets you halfway there. You can still rent it later, provided the original is user-unfriendly enough that you’d be interested in alternatives.
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoHmm, maybe we could make private domain? It’s like public domain, but private.
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To be fair, since it’s public domain, anyone can take it, modify it (and not release modifications), and try to screw you over w/ it.
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Well, public domain gets you halfway there. You can still rent it later, provided the original is user-unfriendly enough that you’d be interested in alternatives.
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Hmm, maybe we could make private domain? It’s like public domain, but private.
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