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Re:Should I Open Source my Company? by k__ on Monday January 22, 2024 @05:57AM (#39088183)
Open source isn't just about self hosting.

It also allows developers to look at the code that's actually running, even if they don't run it themselves.

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Re:Should I Open Source my Company? by vasco on Monday January 22, 2024 @06:07AM (#39088237)
It allows you to look at some code, if that's the one that's running or not is a different story.
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Re:Should I Open Source my Company? by sesm on Monday January 22, 2024 @06:00AM (#39088199)
To me looking at the code doesn't do much if I can't patch it
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Re:Should I Open Source my Company? by k__ on Monday January 22, 2024 @06:28AM (#39088367)
Considering the state of the average docs, I usually prefer code.
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Re:Should I Open Source my Company? by sesm on Monday January 22, 2024 @06:40AM (#39088426)
Right, but even if I have the source code but can't patch the version that I'm running, that's not very useful to me.
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