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I don't think i need to explain how it works, should i ?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That is correct. Microsoft could simply charge for their closed-source desktop environment or their package manager or their software environment in general, but any modifications to the kernel would need to be free and open-source (though they could still charge money for it).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

thanks for the answer.