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Re:Tool to convert copyrighted music into fair use by cortesoft on Saturday July 10, 2021 @09:51PM (#27797885)
This seems a bit of a chicken and egg problem... why would the early adopters have chosen Linux, before others had been forced to contribute back their changes? The first company to adopt it wouldn't have received any benefits, only an obligation. Why pick it over BSD?

I think there were likely other factors that made it win out.

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Re:Tool to convert copyrighted music into fair use by ripdog on Saturday July 10, 2021 @09:53PM (#27797895)
Oh, for sure. There are always other factors in the real world.

But I think that's the main one that allowed Linux to snowball ahead of the other Unix(-likes).

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Re:Tool to convert copyrighted music into fair use by ric2b on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:43PM (#27869690)
They would also get the "promise" that the system they were betting on would also get contributions from other companies, making a safer long term bet.
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