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by eyko 1173 days ago
The four freedoms[1] of free software specifically state that:

> The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

Emphasis in "give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes".

1. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#four-freedoms

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"giving whole community a chance to benefit from your changes" is very different from "upstreaming your changes"