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by pabs3 43 days ago
Free Software licenses don't restrict profit making, even the AGPL wouldn't stop Amazon from using the same strategy to beat those OSS companies in the market.
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Yes, but at the very least, Amazon would need to contribute their code back, so it's not a complete loss.
That is incorrect, the FSF licenses would require Amazon contribute code forward to their users, not back to the project.

Also, Amazon were already contributing code back when these companies changed their licenses, the companies don't care about code contributions, just money.

Those greedy software companies only care about money, unlike the gracious Amazon that's all about code contributions... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Amazon
Don't get me wrong, Amazon are evil for sure, and worse than those companies.