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> If so, Moxie Marlinspike's method for becoming a billionaire by creating non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and providing Signal's source code is a very strange way to cash out of a unicorn.

On the contrary:

Step 1: The service is already centralized

Step 2: Make the central service closed source: happening now.

Step 3: A no profit can be turned for-profit or used together with a for-profit (e.g. IKEA)

Signal can become a perfect example of bait-and-switch market capture.



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