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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by pjmlp on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @03:09PM (#18497234)
Linux would never had taken off without the contributions of companies like IBM, Intel, Oracle, SGI, Cray,....

Which aren't properly any FOSS angels, when we examine their product portfolio.

Actually IBM is the king of patent submissions.

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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by ppseafield on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @03:39PM (#18497506)
Sure, but it probably also wouldn't have taken off without its license either.
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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by pjmlp on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @04:37PM (#18497996)
In that I agree, only because it is a copyleft license.
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