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		psyc on Dec 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the... Ok. I worked at MS from 2005-2015. As I recall, there was this huge formal legal process and due diligence around including a single line of open source code. Is that not still the case? Am I remembering it wrong?

robbedpeter on Dec 25, 2021 [–]

Github changed everything. All sorts of automation and open source involvement happened, with new bots and systems.

psyc on Dec 25, 2021 | [–]

Y'know, it actually slipped my mind that Microsoft transformed into a much more open-source friendly company. That makes some sense now.

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