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		sergeykish on Oct 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? Open source gives you freedom to fix it, to share fix, to hire to fix. I see it as another proof that people who depend on the infrastructure do not want to contribute. They would better whine and critique.

pjmlp on Oct 25, 2020 [–]

A freedom that a large majority ignores, because they only see it as free beer.

sergeykish on Oct 25, 2020 | [–]

I've submitted Daniel Stone "The real story behind Wayland and X (2013)", checked past submissions, there is yours 6 years ago.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24888454

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