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maybe not about OSS, but they know and care about freedom, and I think we are gonna have to really understand how open source and free software are connected as a matter of principle; beyond their origin stories.

> Why pay and share and give that advantage to your competitors?

this is the essence of the issue;

we gotta understand why society is often seen through such adversarial lenses?

this question ("why adversarial thinking?") though asked rhetorically, has a good answer which is important to understand, as well as a bad answer which is also important to understand.

I've chosen to consider this question without fully answering; but by thinking about the notion of 'identity', what makes me be in this or in that group such that 'who are our competitors?' is not so simple to answer.