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[-] OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago
[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago
[-] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago
[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

It means anyone including microsoft or apple can use the code contribution or take the entire softwarw and make some modifications and sell it proprietary. Any optimisations or features made by community can be proprietarised

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

Interesting, but why implement yet another windowing system?

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