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by behnamoh 385 days ago
> at least in the 90's when we shared software it was for the reasons we outlined...

With all due respect, that's not how most open source software is today [1]. A lot of CS students on the job market need Github stars or green tiles in case the employers check their page. So many open source projects are done only to boost resumes, not for the reasons you mentioned. Not to mention a lot of projects start as open source to lure users, only to become closed at some point (the notorious langchain is one example).

[1]: with the exception of some huge projects like ffmpeg, llama.cpp, etc.