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Re:If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Shou... by O1111OOO on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:14PM (#19079620)
> if countries A,B,C are the only ones contributing (paying) and everyone else just use, then it is not fair or sensible.

There's Open Source and then there's the Licensing of Open Source. Just because the source is available does not automatically mean it's free to use under any circumstance.

Licensing is a separate and complicated issue.

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