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Aurornisyesterday at 7:27 PM1 replyview on HN

> He doesn't acknowledge that Anthropic, OpenAI, etc, are profiting while the original authors are not.

How is this different than any company that uses the open source software?

I find this argument hard to swallow. If open source contributors want to profit from their code being used and prevent big companies from using it or learning from it, open sourcing it would be an irrational choice.


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john_strinlaiyesterday at 7:29 PM

>How is this different than any company that uses the open source software?

recognition for the authors, which can lead to all sorts of opportunities. "netflix uses my X for their Y, worldwide" opens doors.

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