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   Rev. Roger BW 😷 (rogerbw@emacs.ch)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:10:38 JST Rev. Roger BW 😷

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   • Matthew Garrett

   @mjg59 I have certainly known people who recused themselves from working on free implementations of stuff they'd written commercially, to reduce the chances of lawsuits later.

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     Matthew Garrett (mjg59@nondeterministic.computer)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:10:39 JST Matthew Garrett

     I have, for a number of reasons, seen a shitload of proprietary source code. Am I disqualified from writing free software because I might incorporate some of the concepts from that proprietary code into my allegedly free software?