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FreeBSD Just Removed The Last Of Its GPL-Licensed Code (hackaday.com)
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[–] bluGill@fedia.io -2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

What is the practical difference between code not accepted and code hidden?

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You can look it and go "yeah, it is shit, but I see what it is doing, it is better done like this" and push that upstream. Saves time reverse engineering.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

While someone can, in practice that doesn't happen in most cases

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 6 hours ago

Does happen though. Better to have the option and not often use it, than not have the option at all.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 5 points 17 hours ago

The practical difference is that the code is there for whoever wants to use it.