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Re:Open-source, not open-contribution by TheRealPomax on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:28PM (#25945261)
Also the "fork" option. If you want the source, pull the official source, but there are plenty of projects where people should not be creating their own copy that is on equal footing as the authoritative repo.
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Re:Open-source, not open-contribution by yawaramin on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:33PM (#25945344)
It's a widely-known practice for companies to internally fork and vendor software they use.
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Re:Open-source, not open-contribution by TheRealPomax on Sunday January 31, 2021 @02:10PM (#25981551)
Sure? But that doesn't mean you can't give people the power to turn off that "one-click, no thinky thinky effort effort" option.
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