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Re:The Conflict at the Heart of Open Source by icebraining on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @07:31AM (#7709585)
Why are non-monetary donations ignored? The Heartbleed bug was discovered by a person working for Google, and the patch was written by other two employees - is that not an important contribution?
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Re:The Conflict at the Heart of Open Source by ef4 on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @11:03AM (#7710534)
Exactly. In fact it's far easier for a company to justify that kind of spending to its accountants and shareholders than "donations" that appear totally discretionary.
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