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Comment by gblargg

1 day ago

It kind of reminds me of the equality of opportunity people versus the equality of outcome people. One sets the starting conditions for developers, the other the ending conditions for users.

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brnt  1 day ago

Since developers are a subset of users, it's actually possible to calculate which is more open.

  • tardedmeme  2 hours ago

    You forgot the shareholders, who are not users but have less freedom under the GPL.

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