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		steveklabnik on Aug 29, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What happens when you give homeless people a prepa... It's absolutely true that sometimes F/OSS can make sense as a tactic within capitalism. Generally though, F/OSS is used as an example of how people don't behave rationally, in an economic sense.

ArturSoler on Aug 30, 2010 [–]

Rationality in an economic sense does not mean "logical". What it means is "purposeful".

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