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by throwaway49849 860 days ago
I don't mean to imply that the OSS maintainers are owed anything, because I don't believe that. There is still a social contract without anyone being owed anything. You haven't really given an example of why you don't think it exists.

Also, to what do I owe the honor of you creating a username based on mine, specifically to reply to me?
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throwaway49850 860 days ago
The maintainers say in the LICENSE files that their creations can be used by anyone for commercial activities with no strings attached. Once they say that, no one who wants to use the creation has any responsibility to uphold any social contract. But I'm just repeating myself.

> Also, to what do I owe the honor of you creating a username based on mine, specifically to reply to me?

If you want to stay anon, then so can I.

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throwaway49849 860 days ago
A social contract is not defined by a LICENSE file.

Developers are under no obligation to create new software for a hostile company's products. Let's see how many vision pro apps get created if Apple keeps shitting on open standards.

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