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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by fasquoika on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:29PM (#17820309)
That still isn't censorship, or even anything approaching censorship, because the author has no power to actually do those things. It's still just a suggestion, albeit a pretty strongly worded one
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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by wrs on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @06:05PM (#17822663)
That's why I said "self-censorship". Basically, not just criticizing (that's more speech), but to tell the person who disagrees that they need to stop talking.
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