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@makepost@mastodon.art @lislegaard@sonomu.club @tante@tldr.nettime.org well that's quite the question, and the answer is always the copyright holders ability to litigate. To get contributions back if it's copy left code, i.e GPL code? Not unless it is somehow leaked, tied to a department and upheld by the courts. To prevent the distribution of libre code? A state could pass legislation making it illegal - let's say the "digital McCarthy act". As always, it depends upon jurisdiction, law & upholding of law.