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What's the issue? Company pays for development, everyone gets it for free.
It's an ethos issue, from the greater things in general like changing its relationship with the community to the petty ones like shunning the partner with the most socialist views in the group.
But your question hiddens the more structural problem of what we want for FOSS. Can the company buy anything, even your soul?
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2026
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