By and large, free and open source software projects don't compete with FOSS projects. If your project has more users than mine, than we both win.
Even if a project is developed and "owned" by for-profit companies, that doesn't necessarily hurt other projects.
Non-free software is the competition. Possibly even the enemy.
Lars Wirzenius
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2025-05-26 10:33:47 UTC
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