On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:13:10 -0400 Mason Loring Bliss said :
> Companies pay free software engineerings to extend free
> software to meet their needs, and the fruits of that labour are
> shared with the community at large.

That should be "Companies pay free software engineers ..."

> Compare this with propriatary software, where few if any people have
> access to the source code, and it's up to the lone proprietary
> software vendor to idenfity and correct flaws in the software.

That should be "Compare this with proprietary ..." In this case you got
it right the second time in that sentence.

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