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Huh? Linux is free. You can stick it on every laptop with just a USB stick.

I also have no idea how this is related to the fact that almost no actual consumers are taking advantage of GPL code to continue to maintain their products beyond support offered by their developers. If anything, this would be evidence that GPL software isn't a panacea since doing something as basic as installing Linux is far beyond the capacity of most consumers.



> You can stick it on every laptop with just a USB stick.

Yes, I can do it, but 95% of people can't. Incidentally, about 5% of people run Linux.

> how this is related to the fact that almost no actual consumers are taking advantage of GPL code

Because the more people use the code, the more development occurs there.




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