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		on_the_train 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Petition for Recognition of Work on Open-Source as... It's ok to have a hobby. Not everything needs to be minmaxed to extract the maximum amount of money from the system.

em-bee 2 days ago [–]

the question is, if we as a society want to encourage activities that are for the benefit of everyone.

a sport maybe a hobby. running a sportsclub is volunteer work. writing code for fun is a hobby, publishing and maintaining it for others should be volunteer work.

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