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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It wins in the sense that you still have access to the software and code, and you have the option to either hire someone new to maintain it or switch to something else. Closed source proprietary software only leaves you with the latter choice.

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

That’s fair! I agree with that.