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What Happens When Corporations Own Open Source

Original: This Is What Happens When Corporations Own Open Source

A tech commentary is drawing attention to the risks of corporate control over open source software, arguing that when companies take ownership of community-driven projects, decisions about licensing, direction and access can shift away from the developers and users who built them. The discussion reflects ongoing debate in the software world over projects like Redis, Terraform and other tools that changed licenses under corporate ownership, prompting community forks and questions about who open source really serves.

Why now: Concerns about corporate acquisitions and license changes affecting popular open source projects are resurfacing in developer communities.

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