How do you buy an open source product? I'm talking about OpenAI interest in Google Chrome , why can't they just fork it?
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Maybe they have some blobs copyrighted or maybe they bought the entire packages (employees included).
Don't think it's about the tech at all
They're not buying Chromium but a specific variant/build with its userbase (which is the biggest chunk on the internet) and all its metrics etc. They're buying a source of information to utilise and also access to a large group of people to shove their shitty product down their throats
Unless you were cheeky and it wasn't a serious question (in which case ignore me)
