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From time to time, companies have said to us, &ldquo;We would make an improved version of this program if you allow us to release it without freedom.&rdquo; We say, &ldquo;No thanks&mdash;your improvements might be useful if they were free, but if we can't use them in freedom, they are no good at all.&rdquo; Then they appeal to our egos, saying that our code will have &ldquo;more users&rdquo; inside their proprietary programs. We respond that we value our community's freedom more than an irrelevant form of popularity.