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MacHeist is a great thing. What they have done is that they have contacted lots of developers of none-free software, and made a deal with them, to during a week sell a bundle with a number of different applications, and sell as many licenses as possible. And they are doing it at a VERY low price.

Some people seems to think that this is not fair to the developers. It's amazing that some people can't just accept that other people have a different opinion.
1) They are getting lots of people to buy software they wouldn't buy.
2) They are raising money for charity.
3) They are raising awareness of great applications
4) They are not forcing anyone to be part of this
5) Developers being part of the heist, are saying that they are selling more licenses since the heist started (while it's still going on)

Personally, I haven't bought a single piece of software privately since 1994 (with the exceptions of games). This is because I have always been running Linux and open source software. The heist gave me an opportunity to get some great software that I don't think I would ever have tried otherwise. The heist bundle is the first software I bought in over 10 years. Don't say the heist is bad.

Coming from the Linux world, where everything is free and if someone charge for something, you don't use it. This is a big deal.