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		amelius on Dec 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Professional maintainers: a wake-up call It's still FOSS, except if you are making millions using it and the entire issue becomes a luxury problem. That's what FOSS should mean anyway. The old definition can be renamed into exploitationware.

hiq on Dec 12, 2021 [–]

> It's still FOSS, except if you are making millions using it and the entire issue becomes a luxury problem.

I guess we can discuss what should be, but AFAICT it's just not FOSS according to the OSI or the FSF.

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