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But it was already open sourced once before, so much of that work was done already.
by justincormack 9y ago
But it was already open sourced once before, so much of that work was done already.
- Someone 9y agoValid point, so here is a similar, but different reason: patents. They may fear releasing the source opens them for patent lawsuits or may have patents they aren't willing to give up, and fear that open sourcing it without any patent clause will not give them much goodwill.