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Re:Proposed bounty for adding virtual camera / microphone su... by oauea on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @12:06PM (#22685884)
Just curious, what do you gain from having your code be open-source if you do not accept outside contributions?
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Re:Proposed bounty for adding virtual camera / microphone su... by vortico on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @12:22PM (#22686053)
Users can enjoy these four freedoms when using our software. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

If you're asking what we benefit from doing this, not much. We could have released proprietary software, but as users of software ourselves, we enjoy having these freedoms, so we don't want to restrict users of the software we write.

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Re:Proposed bounty for adding virtual camera / microphone su... by bloodorange on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @12:44PM (#22686271)
Mate, I haven't felt as happy reading a comment on this website as when I read this comment of yours. Keep up the excellent work and I hope you find a lot of success!
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Re:Proposed bounty for adding virtual camera / microphone su... by jaywalk on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @12:32PM (#22686152)
It gives users of the code the ability to inspect it and understand what is going on.
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