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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by hn_submit on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:32AM (#50425363)
Because...money, money, money!!

People make brilliant things out of altruism as long as they don't have the feeling they're being abused by corporate or monetary interests. That's why the BSD Unixes languished and Linux thrived. Programmers didn't feel the need to contribute for free when companies where the ones reaping the benefits of their work.

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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by illusive4080 on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:34AM (#50425394)
What do you mean? Linux is thriving and companies benefit.
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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by TheCycoONE on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:31AM (#50426174)
Probably that the companies that benefit the most also pay it back. Though I'm not convinced that's due to the GPL 2, since the binaries rarely need to be shipped outside of the company's own server farms the legal distinction between BSD and GPL is largely moot.
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