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		DonsDiscountGas 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Have you ever regretted open-sourcing some... There's no ethical principle which requires them to hire somebody if they use OSS from that person. Maybe they missed out on a good hire, c'est la vie.

hosh 23 days ago [–]

There are ethical principles like that, but they just may not be in our mainstream corporate or open source software culture.

The permaculture ethical principle of “fair share” would apply here, if a group were using those.

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