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https://github.com/diafygi/gnu-pricing
Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS (Stupid Hackathon Project)
https://github.com/diafygi/gnu-pricing
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Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS (Stupid Hackathon Project)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/diafygi/gnu-pricing
- Owner: diafygi
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2015-05-09T21:42:24.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2015-10-01T15:21:20.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-08-02T05:14:50.116Z (3 months ago)
- Language: CSS
- Size: 834 KB
- Stars: 509
- Watchers: 10
- Forks: 11
- Open Issues: 13
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# GNU Pricing
**Announcement: https://diafygi.github.io/gnu-pricing/website/**
GNU programs are used billions of time every day all over the world. However,
the intellectual property owners, the Free Software Foundation, don't make a
cent from it. What a raw deal! This project aims to fix that by monetizing many
popular command line tools that GNU maintains.
## What this project does
This project adds pricing to many popular GNU command line tools.
## How to install
To install, simply add the bin directory to your path.
```sh
export PATH="/path/to/gnu-pricing/bin:$PATH"
```
## How to use
Once the `gnu-pricing/bin` directory is in your path, simply use GNU tools as
normal. To see the pricing breakdown from the command line, add the `--pricing`
to see the cost breakdown for using that command. A record of how much you owe
for using GNU commands will also be printed. You can pay this usage fee at
[https://donate.fsf.org/](https://donate.fsf.org/).
```sh
user@host:~$ gcc --pricing
=======================
Welcome to GNU Pricing!
=======================
Using many GNU tools now cost $0.01 per use.
This command (gcc) has been used 2 times so far.
Overall GNU command usage
command usage cost
------- ----- ----
gcc 2 $.02
ls 41 $.41
md5sum 1 $.01
uname 2 $.02
------- ----- ----
Total 46 $.46
Please pay the total cost at https://donate.fsf.org/
```
## How to uninstall
If you're a cheap bastard and don't want to pay for these excellent GNU commands
that the FSF worked so very hard to make, you can remove the pricing options by
removing the `gnu-pricing/bin` directory from your path and deleting the
`~/.gnu-pricing/` directory.
```sh
PATH=`echo $PATH | sed "s@/path/to/gnu-pricing/bin:@@"`
rm -r ~/.gnu-pricing
```
## What commands have pricing
The following commands now cost money to use:
* base64
* basename
* cat
* cp
* cut
* date
* dd
* df
* du
* emacs
* gcc
* gnupg
* grep
* gzip
* head
* ln
* ls
* make
* md5sum
* mkdir
* mv
* nano
* rm
* rmdir
* sha1sum
* sha224sum
* sha256sum
* sha384sum
* sha512sum
* sort
* tail
* tar
* time
* touch
* uname
* uniq
* uptime
* wc
* wget
* who
* whoami
## Disclaimer
This project is satire and was made during the
[2015 Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon](https://stupidhackathon.github.io/).