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[โ€“] [email protected] 131 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Let's be honest this is how it actually usually plays out:

  1. Be a huge company

  2. Make your employees sign an NDA

  3. Make your code closed source

  4. Use GPL code and not give a shit because you're a huge company with a legal team bigger than your Dev team

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Larry, is that you?