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		pjmlp on Nov 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Supreme Court to Hear Google-Oracle Copyright Figh... It is not about being a posion chalice, rather the attitude of wanting to nuke company X, while accepting whatever it gives as gratis contributions. I only see that among FOSS folks, seldom among other kinds of activism.

monocasa on Nov 18, 2019 [–]

Because of the nature of the GPL. You don't get those guarantees in most other forms of activism.

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