I can understand smaller projects such as modules, or scripts meant to be given away and used in a customizable way, being open source. What I don’t agree with, is, well, everything else. You use Microsoft Calculator as an example. I don’t really see a point in this. Woah, calculator source code? Revolutionary! Is Microsoft Windows open source though? No. Is Mac OS X open source? Nope. Roblox studio? Nope! Maybe some people would like their code to be hidden, or maybe would like to sell access to their software without it being stolen, and reuploaded. Go look at Steam. I bet you 90 percent of the games on there are closed source. I am currently working on a game with a friend of mine. I would definitely not be comfortable with open sourcing it. Why? Because people WILL take it and reupload it, and call it their own work. I see no benefit in this.
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