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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by pjmlp on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @06:18AM (#27746332)
Nope, you are missing the whole picture in order to frame your argumentation.

Several Google contributions were taken, just not 100%.

One notable contribution was cleaning up the kernel from all VLAs, the fortifications of several modules, some cleaning outcomes from clang compilation support.

Or the ongoing efforts to allow Rust drivers.

With Sony there were 0%.

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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by trasz on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @11:57AM (#27750244)
Nope, you are missing the whole picture :-)

You're stopping your reasoning at the numbers: some contributions from Google, none from Sony. (At this step you're also ignoring contributions to FreeBSD from companies that do contribute back, but whatever.) The big picture would be understanding why GPL wouldn't affect that situation.

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