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		jjeaff on Dec 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Travis CI is no longer providing CI minutes for op... I don't think a promise to offer something free forever is necessarily binding unless there is consideration from the other party. Pay a one time fee and get unlimited minutes forever, that would likely be binding. But in this case, recipients of the freebie didn't have to offer anything to Travis in exchange.

type0 on Dec 8, 2020 [–]

> Pay a one time fee and get unlimited minutes forever, that would likely be binding.

Would or wouldn't you'll never know, looking at you HP, ink for life =?> ya right

https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/12/hp_free_printing/

jjeaff on Dec 8, 2020 | [–]

I'm sure there will be some ensuing legal battles over that one.

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