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So then what difference does it make? I am not going to fix the code myself anyways and visibility of the source code is irrelavant. It is like buying a hammer

• smaudet 6y ago
  It's about the relative freedom of the market. A hammer has well known metallurgical properties, so anyone can make one. You don't care whom you buy from, but you buy a cheaper, hopefully better made hammer because nobody tries to fleece you for a 100$ hammer. In the world with only commercial knowledge of hammers, they cost 10G, people spend many years and invest much capital into going to hammer school, and maybe even you just rent a hammer at a 13G a year rate with support. Nevermind the cost for say, a screwdriver.