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  "path": "/t/how-do-you-respond-to-developers-rejecting-to-open-source-their-apps/34097#post_4",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T14:07:51.000Z",
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  "textContent": "How much money would these clones make? If they make a lot you can go after them legally, if not then who cares? This is why large corporation are terrifies of GPL. Thats in a long term. In the short term you have to market your stuff. You need to be the first on Google Play (or whatever is the most popular platform for your software), so that when clones appear it’s clear to anyone that they are clones, and you can make them unprofitable without having to resort to legal action. Exceptions are small/medium size companies in some countires that might have weird copyright laws, that you’ll just have to live with, like everyone else in all other industries lives with “chinese” copies of their designs.",
  "title": "How do you respond to developers rejecting to open source their apps"
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