[arcbyte]

> you're essentially feeding your own knowledge for free into a proprietary system that can be used to generate cash for whatever corporation owns that system

Ive been contemplating this as well. There's a big difference between that quote and this quote:

> you're essentially feeding your own knowledge for free into an open system (the web) that can be used to generate cash for whatever corporation or person best utilizes that system

[internetter]

This feels more akin to a company mirroring stackoverflow and passing it off as its own, which I would object to.

[Aurornis]

But that was also always allowed under Stack Overflow’s terms. That’s why there are so many Stack Overflow clones.

It ironic that Stack Overflow went with very open and permissive licenses, which have normally been very popular with the community, yet people are outraged when the data is actually being used openly.