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A closed source application for controlling one's fan...umm no thank you.

I never will understand the reasoning behind why people are so afraid of releasing their source code. Looks like a weekend project; does he expect to make a living out of a weekend project?



>Looks like a weekend project;

Is that the best developer insult in your repertoire?

>does he expect to make a living out of a weekend project?

Trying to make money from writing SW is not illegal. The free market will decide.

>A closed source application for controlling one's fan...umm no thank you.

Well since you think it's only a weekend project, why don't you put your money where your mouth is and spend a weekend developing a FOSS fan control app if you need one?


> Looks like a weekend project; does he expect to make a living out of a weekend project?

Why won’t you spend a weekend and do the world a service?


In this case, every OEM will just copy it and slap their name on it. He released it as freeware and he has every right to do so. You have no right to others work.


It's a .NET program without any obfuscation. You can read the source code using any .NET decompiler, such as ILSPY.




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