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karolist on Feb 5, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac

That's essentially what happened when XChat (IRC program) started to charge for windows builds.

TazeTSchnitzel on Feb 5, 2013 [–]

I'm aware of that example, it was on my mind when I made the comment.

I suppose the only way it could work is if there is a special incentive to buy it. Some video game companies do this, they have the engine open-source, but all the assets are proprietary.

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