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I don't understand the issues around Anduril - FOSS grants all users the same rights, that's what it means to be FOSS.

And in general it's good to have companies like Anduril. Democracy needs to be defended afterall - as Israel and Ukraine demonstrate.

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"Right to sponsor a project and get it to advertise your company" does not exist in any FOSS license that I know of. There's pretty much nobody complaining about Anduril using Nix, or even contributing to Nix. Many contributors have placed their ethical line at "accepting money from Anduril in exchange for services at official project events".

It's not helpful to misrepresent these things to try and simplify a complicated situation.

I don't think it was ever the issue itself that Anduril was sponsoring a conference. That should be a somewhat neutral issue anyway, any organization should determine what sponsors they want.

Of course there is a sizable group of people who view all MIC companies as furthering war, which had objected to the sponsorship on moral grounds. But Anduril never was the only issue.

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