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		skookumchuck on July 13, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation ... A contract requires an exchange of value in order to be binding. Using free software has no exchange of value, so there is no contract, implied or otherwise. IANAL

jodrellblank on July 13, 2018 [flagged] [2 more]

Free software has no value, you claim?

webmaven on July 13, 2018 | [–]

No, he's claiming that regardless of the value of the software, the user provided no consideration, no value in exchange for the software.

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