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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you verify that it didn't reproduce any code that's proprietary or has more restrictive licenses than your own?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the main issue for FOSS.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago

The complement/ reverse is true for companies that produce proprietary software (but they won't care, sure.)