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Back in 2007, they refused to open the source, I think the authors just hated(!) the open source movement. Why so sudden change?

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They actually said they'd be perfectly happy to open source it, provided they were paid:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080514032748/http://www.object...

I imagine that the value would have depreciated enormously in the nine years since then. I wonder if someone actually bought out the source, or whether they just gave up?

8-9 years isn't sudden.

I mean I know it feels like yesterday if you don't stop to think about it.

That depends on how old one is, I suppose. ;)

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