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Which raises the question: Is Atom a true open source project or a Microsoft business venture masquerading as an open source project?

I've had similar discussions about Mono.



You don’t get to gatekeep “open source project” on business venture or not.

If it has a free software license and the code is provided, it is a true open source project.

Simply being an “open source project”, however, unfortunately, does not mean that the maintainers are going to act ethically or not produce software that abuses people’s human rights.




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