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    4 months ago

    because having some capital class dictate the project is entirely antithetical to having the choice to contribute, even the AI stuff is just being contributed by a few large companies who want it

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      4 months ago

      because having some capital class dictate the project is entirely antithetical to having the choice to contribute

      Why?

      the AI stuff is just being contributed by a few large companies who want it

      Contributing something because you want it is how free software works.

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        4 months ago

        yes, and having a subscription based shareholder system is antithetical to this

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          4 months ago

          Repeating it doesn’t make it true. As long as the code is released under a FOSS license, the development model doesn’t matter.