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by air 3368 days ago
Proprietary codebase does not deprive original project from potential contributors. Gpl'd fork might
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On the contrary, closed products very often compete against open ones.

Potential contributors often never hear about the Open Source projects used behind their television, phone, routers, editors, games...

Heaven forbid that developers have a choice in what they contribute to!