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Discussion on: What is Open Source and Why is it so Goddamn Popular? 🀯

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danrabbit

Yes for sure. If a company goes under, their product may be dead. But with FOSS, you can still build on it.

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Yes the aspect that is free is mentionned in fact as one of the key words to remember! I really like the idea you provide though that if company goes under, you can still use the code. I think I will use that example to really hammer the point home πŸ”¨πŸš€