I agree FOSS is important and I generally prefer to support FOSS over closed source when possible.
I also believe that there are companies who want to protect their secrets (and livelihood), but still contribute value to society via innovation that is eventually replicated by open source.
Are you going as far to say that all IP protection is immoral? There is something somewhat dark about that extreme as well
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2024-09-04 13:11:25
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