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by kordlessagain 80 days ago
Guess what? People have ZERO reason to Open Source anything now.
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DustinKlent 80 days ago
One reason, beside basic altruism, is so you can put the projects on your resume. This is especially helpful if the project does very well or gets lots of stars.
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pixl97 80 days ago
This said Jeavon's Paradox will likely mean far more code is open sourced simply due to how much code will get written in total.
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joquarky 80 days ago
We should be applauding the promotion of science and useful arts that genAI is fueling.

But egos are involved.

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vntok 80 days ago
Why would you think that?
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saulpw 80 days ago
I'm a committed open source dev and I've flipped my own switch from "default public" to "default private".
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kordlessagain 80 days ago
Because nobody wants their shit stolen by some punk.
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