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@ -546,16 +546,16 @@ both business and noncommercial users.
\subsection{The Noncommercial Community}
A GPL'd code base becomes a center of a vibrant development and user
community. Traditionally, volunteers, operating noncommercially out of
community. Traditionally, volunteers, operating noncommercially out of
keen interest or ``scratch an itch'' motivations, produce initial versions
of a GPL'd system. Because of the efficient distribution channels of the
of a GPL'd system. Because of the efficient distribution channels of the
Internet, any useful GPL'd system is adopted quickly by noncommercial
users.
Fundamentally, the early release and quick distribution of the software
gives birth to a thriving noncommercial community. Users and developers
gives birth to a thriving noncommercial community. Users and developers
begin sharing bug reports and bug fixes across a shared intellectual
commons. Users can trust the developers, because they know that if the
commons. Users can trust the developers, because they know that if the
developers fail to address their needs or abandon the project, the GPL
ensures that someone else has the right to pick up development.
Developers know that the users cannot redistribute their software without