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Re:If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Shou... by Sean-Der on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:10PM (#19079578)
Country A isn't losing anything by allowing others to use it. Even if no one contributes back developers can spend that time doing other valuable work, rather then re-invent the wheel in every country around the world.
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Re:If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Shou... by de_watcher on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:04AM (#19083681)
Country A has to pay more for development because the company won't be payed again for this software by countries B and C.

So to start the FOSS process there is a need to somehow have for each niche a GPL software base that cuts costs by a lot.

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