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Cool, but there's no shot any serious software company will want that shit under their brand
Then they should make it open source (not free)
If your goal is to get back scratches from the circlejerk don't feel the need to participate lol
I mean I totally understand why they don't. Even as a heavy supporter of open source I don't know if I would.
You don’t have to open source everything to open source the client software that is expected to run on devices the software author doesn’t own or control (and so doesn’t care about or put in effort to protect)
Does Google not count as a serious software company now?
Mark discovers hyperbola