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		minimaxir on Sept 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth There's a difference between forking to make a OSS project better and forking to create a clone just for the sake of VC funding that doesn't trickle down back to the original code. Even if it's allowable by the permissive license of the original code, it's not a net positive for OSS.

lupire on Sept 30, 2024 [–]

That's your opinion. Maybe the original authors of this project don't care and are just happy that their invention is helping people.

I'll take the authors' published intent over your speculation.

askafriend on Sept 30, 2024 | [–]

Great take.

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