Can a manufacturer also be an open-source software steward?
Yes, a manufacturer can also be an open-source software steward.
This can happen whenever a manufacturer releases open source software and meets the requirements to be the open-source software steward of that project.
A manufacturer of commercial open source software can even be the open-source software steward of the community edition of the same project that it commercializes. In such a case, it has manufacturer obligations to its customers and steward obligations to the users of its community edition.
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