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robomartin on March 2, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: StackOverflow

Why isn't SO open-source? How do you feel about the many clones out there?

lloeki on March 2, 2012 [–]

Although not open source:

- content is openly CC-licensed

- some components are open-source, like their thin ORM

- the SE team regularly and openly discusses about their architecture through their blogs

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