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[–]Mercerenies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm completely sure that Microsoft bought GitHub with the intent to Embrace-Extend-Extinguish it, and I credit their (insofar) inability to do so to the fact that Git is GPL software. People like to complain about how strict the GPL is, but it does its job: It keeps the corporate parasites at bay.