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When someone donates a kidney, they lose the kidney. FBSD didn't lose anything when Apple adopted their freely available code.
by greedo 6y ago
When someone donates a kidney, they lose the kidney. FBSD didn't lose anything when Apple adopted their freely available code.
- fuy 6y agoEh, still, when someone donates a kidney, someone gets a kidney. You could say FBSD didn't lose anything, but surely Apple did get quite a bit?
- heavyset_go 6y agoSomeone who uses your code is a potential contributor, either as a customer, licensee, or collaborator. It's a tragedy of the commons scenario, and one could argue that a different license or terms might've prevented FreeBSD from losing those contributors.