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Software hoarding

Summary: Software hoarding is the creation of proprietary software products based on free software code. It results in code forking, interoperability problems leading to vendor lock-in, and limitation of knowledge. The practice of software hoarding was the impetus for the creation of copyleft. Software hoarding is legal unless restricted by copyleft or a similar license, but it is considered immoral by proponents of free software. ...

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Software hoarding

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Software hoarding is the creation of proprietary software products based on free software code. It results in code forking, interoperability problems leading to vendor lock-in, and limitation of knowledge. The practice of software hoarding was the impetus for the creation of copyleft. Software hoarding is legal unless restricted by copyleft or a similar license, but it is considered immoral by proponents of free software.

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