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> What harm is there to you if someone uses some of your code to build a business, as compared to not doing so? How are you worse off?

This someone might be someone I dislike. It would cause me some mild annoyance that they benefited from my effort.



It’s not healthy to let hypothetical spite guide your participation in civilization.


It's also not healthy to sip on whiskey or smoke some tobacco, but I do both on occasion.

Spite is also pretty pleasurable.




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