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by c22 4214 days ago
The pragmatic benefits you mention are the direct consequence of the moral imperative the free software movement is fighting for.
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No, they aren't. Both the pragmatic benefits and the perceived (by some) moral imperative stem from the same source, but neither the perceived moral imperative nor the pragmatic benefits that motivate self-interested actors to participate in open source are dependent on the other.