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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by jpereira on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:22AM (#18494404)
Does anyone have instances of forking open-source software that supports a business in order to undercut that business?
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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by remy_ on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:36AM (#18494547)
mariadb / mysql? matomo / piwik.pro? It seems mostly done by the original developers however and not a new 3rd party.
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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by Nasrudith on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:03AM (#18494812)
Generally it seems to happen in response to Darth Vader deals "pray we do not change the terms further".

OS branches over technical direction disagreements are a closer thing but they generally aren't businesses.

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