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How Ruby Went Off the Rails (www.404media.co)
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[–] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

More evidence that although I love the idea of the MIT license, it is not good when large corporate interests and their money get involved. It's too easy for the code to get scooped up and relicensed or just hidden away. Copyleft licensed projects are the only ones I'll work on anymore.