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Re:Ask HN: Have you regretted making something open-source? by pmarreck on Sunday July 30, 2017 @05:37PM (#14887958)
> I've discovered that "shameless people are shameless" is surprisingly common.

Especially when it comes to China. https://thelinguafranca.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/do-the-chin...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2012/07/22/in-china-w...

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Re:Ask HN: Have you regretted making something open-source? by falumi on Sunday July 30, 2017 @10:45PM (#14889153)
With all due respect, these links are pretty dated and with an internet year being probably the rough equivalent of at least a half decade of the unwired world, they may not be relevant anymore.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you regretted making something open-source? by pmarreck on Monday July 31, 2017 @10:48AM (#14892461)
Fair enough, but I don't think culture changes that quickly, especially in a country that large.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you regretted making something open-source? by deftturtle on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @12:26PM (#14911949)
We're talking about people, not CPUs or flash memory. People change slowly.
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