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Should Open Source Companies Fire Their Community Members?

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Matt Asay
Sep 5, 2007

“In response to a middling post of mine on whether open source
companies offer better support than proprietary companies, Russ
Danner shot back a list of questions that really set me to
thinking. One, in particular, pushed my thinking on open
source:

“Sometimes you need to fire customers, is it ever appropriate to
fire a community member…?”

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