There is much less incentive to audit code if you're not allowed to build upon it.
Because... developers are often more likely to have the skills to do so than users. And by taking away the ability to _use_ the code they'd audit, what is the incentive again?
It's not that hard a concept to grasp.
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2026-08-05 20:17:12 UTC
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