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Why did Mark Zuckerberg decide not to sell Synapse?

He reportedly put the source code online for free rather than sell it to Microsoft for $2MM. Even if he didn't care about money, he could have given it to charity or used it to start a company.
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tynamite's avatar Because he didn't want to give away the source code.

Though these days Zuckerberg has other projects on his "to do" list, the sophomore anticipates Synapse's future success. He says he and D'Angelo are considering making Synapse open source … Zuckerberg's software populism goes beyond simply turning down big-money corporate offers. "It's important to us that people are able to use the software for free," he preaches. "Software belongs to everyone. No matter what kind of deal we get into, we're going to try to keep it free."
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_vargas?currentPage=all#ixzz0zOynJpFE
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/11/mark-zuckerbergs-harvard-career-according-crimson/44475/
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