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		clqar on May 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Monetizing open-source is problematic 1. Why? What people call a "sales pitch" here is exactly how CEOs write: open ended, vague power talk. It isn't hard to figure out what he really wanted: Some compensation for a product that has been used in a parasitical (but legal) manner.

mgkimsal on May 23, 2021 [–]

No... it was pretty hard to know what Marak wanted just by that email. Knowing the backstory, yes, you could see that. Just reading that email alone, no way would someone understand that "you're using my product in a way I'm not happy about" was the intent.

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