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Re:Ask HN: Open-source software authors – why do you do it? by OkayPhysicist on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:22PM (#31184566)
Yeah, and that's why I can't imagine using those licenses. It's an open invitation for free riders into a system built on mutual aid. It costs you nothing to open source code, so it's the very least you can do as a user of open source code.
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Re:Ask HN: Open-source software authors – why do you do it? by capableweb on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @05:35PM (#31186098)
I definitely understand your point of view. It's hard for me to justify restricting my open source work like that though, as I associate "freedom" with "do literally whatever you want, I don't care". I've myself have built businesses on open source code, and wouldn't want to stop others from doing the same either, even if they don't contribute back code.
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