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  Re: Is no-cost software irresponsible?  
From: scott
Date: 1 Aug 2013 03:41:37
Message: <51fa1131$1@news.povray.org>
> * Wealthy people give poor people mosquito nets
> * The poor people sell the nets for food
> * The now-flooded mosquito-net market collapses
> * The indigenous mosquito-net craftsmen disappear

One could argue that overall for society it's better to have cheaper 
mosquito nets (more people will be able to afford them and disease is 
then probably lower).


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