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Not quite the same behavior, but BigCo's free-riding on FOSS is nothing new.

"At Serge’s trial Kevin Marino, his lawyer, flashed two pages of computer code: the original, with its open-source license on top, and a replica, with the open-source license stripped off and replaced by the Goldman Sachs license." [1]

[1] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/09/michael-lewis-goldma...




Using open source software is different than selling it and profiting off of it without even contacting the project's maintainers.


Free-riding on the free? What else are you supposed to do with it?




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