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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by poulpy123 on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:28AM (#50426966)
Default for people who want their open source work to stay open source and not privatized by billionaire companies.
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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by jodrellblank on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:33PM (#50428691)
SaaS is how billionaire companies privatize and profit from GPL software.

(Alternately, Google for people trying to get the full sourcecode to their Android phones from Samsung and see how difficult it can be).

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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by limagnolia on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:17PM (#50434824)
Once you release something under an OSS license, it is OSS- billion dollar companies can't un-open source your code.
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