How would you fit Red Hat in this picture? I think the situation could be different, if it is about improving some software the company is using for its business. Not that this happens often, but I think the possibility to persuade managment that improving a piece of software crucial for the company's business is there.
replyYou mean the company that rescinds your contract if you exercise the rights granted to you by GPL licenses? What about it?
replyThey still have people working on FOSS, right? I didn't know about what your saying,but if this is the problem, then what if I gave Canonical as an example?
replyIsn't canonical the company replacing GNU coreutils with a broken and full of CVE replacement because it doesn't have a copyleft license?
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