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Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware by jwmcq on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @07:29PM (#35349589)
I think the main problem with MIT is that if you offer the largest industry players the opportunity to “do whatever the fuck [they] want” then they will. Historically, this has not been great for users.

As an obvious example, I honestly can't imagine the Linux kernel having had the impact that it has had if all of the myriad corporations building on it weren't forced to contribute their work back to it under the same conditions.

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Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware by umanwizard on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @08:27PM (#35350245)
On the other hand, plenty of software nowadays is permissively licensed (in fact, the overwhelming majority outside of Linux and the GNU project) and everyone from individuals to huge companies contributes to it for a variety of reasons.
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