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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I totally agree. I suspect that some people use it as an excuse because they don't actually want to publish the code.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel it's used as a minipulation tactic.

  1. FOSS people don't want to use closed source software.
  2. Lie and say you'll "consider" open source-ing later even though you have no intention of ever doing so.
  3. Profit.