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by ForHackernews 2618 days ago
> Open Source was not invented so you could use it as a PR strategy. We don't need your help.

Ironically, "open source" was explicitly invented as a PR strategy by ESR and friends because the free software ideology was scaring aware rich companies:

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....

http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch02s03.html