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When Did Open-Source Become a Twitter Grift?

Open-Sourcing Your Plagiarism Still = Plagiarism

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JA Westenberg
Nov 06, 2026
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I’ve noticed a somewhat…distasteful drift (grift?) in how “open source” is used on Twitter lately.

As I’ve always understood it (and maybe I’m The idiot) open source had…

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