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You missed his point. How is FreeBSD harmed by corporations using it? Specifically, is FreeBSD being extinguished ( other than by Linux )?

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They are not harmed, it just that billion dollar companies are taking volunteers hard work to get even richer and refusing to contribute back. Now, the guys developing BSD obviously don't mind but many people do care.

Well if the uutils people don't mind and they're writing the code, what's the problem with their choice of license?

I've asked this question too. And the answers I've generally gotten are something like, "you may not feel like you're being exploited, but in my judgment, you are."

I take this as effectively equivalent to "you're unable to give consent" and/or "you don't have agency."

But that's the kind of mindset you're likely dealing with here.

End users are very much harmed.

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