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At this point I'm very concerned about the open source industry relying so much on github. You have to remember that any project there can be swept away overnight because it doesn't fit into the agenca of a large company, for example.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The maintainer of the Apple M1 branch said that they literally showed up to the lead dev's home in Brazil in a comment on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That's a good cue to mention that I don't know the specifics of how this would work in Brazil and how they impact the situation one way or the other. That said, my objections to the current arrangement of IP and copyright are fairly international.