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The kind of arguments you raise here have always, to me, basically looked like:

"I want something for nothing"

Or in more detail:

"I want to take something you created and agreed to share with me (on the proviso I like-wise share any changes as an exchange of value). I deem your software valuable to me but I won't be paying you money for it. I'll add something else to it so it fits my use-case. But, I refuse/object to sharing my changes because they're valuable."



It's not just sharing the changes. You have to be really careful how you integrate/modify the source. If you aren't you could accidentally expose proprietary information within those modifications. It's that kind of headache that means it is just easier to avoid.




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