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What's the problem with that? If I didn't want others to use my code or make money with it, I wouldn't have gone open source in the first place.

I'd rather use an AWS service with an open source core than a closed-source service. Migrating away from AWS in the former case is arguably easier than in the latter.

And this is because of the open principle.

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> If I didn't want others to use my code or make money with it, I wouldn't have gone open source in the first place

> I'd rather use an AWS service with an open source core than a closed-source service.

I guess it’s just a problem with the people who work in software engineering. You won’t use anything closed source, but also don’t care if other engineer’s valuable open-source tools are hijacked by companies with billions in resources.

Basically, you want to have your cake and eat it too.

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