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"Few snippets of code" can be pretty large. I see a lot of value in not pointlessly reinventing the wheel. GPL encourages/enforces people who fix things to giv
by darthrupert 5y ago
"Few snippets of code" can be pretty large.
I see a lot of value in not pointlessly reinventing the wheel. GPL encourages/enforces people who fix things to give those changes back to upstream where they may benefit everyone. So ideally only one set of fixes per problem has to be globally implemented and maintained.
The implications for global wealth are non-trivial. How much Linux alone has done, I wonder?
- diegoperini 5y ago> I see a lot of value in not pointlessly reinventing the wheel. GPL encourages/enforces people who fix things to give those changes back to upstream where they may benefit everyone. One can argue GPL encourages reinventing the wheel by not being permissive enough.