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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by mikeash on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:45PM (#20991228)
Why do those licenses matter? Because of the community they created. Nobody would care about the GPL if it was only used for the FSF’s software.
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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by flukus on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:48PM (#20991262)
> Because of the community they created

Why does the community they created matter? Because they produce more software.

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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by mikeash on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @08:21AM (#20994069)
Right, the foundation produces community, and the community produces software. RMS’s role is almost entirely about leading that community, not producing that software.
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