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* Software, too, especially [http://www.gnu.org GNU] and the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]. Half of the software listed on [http://sourceforge.net SourceForge] would not exist without this trope, though it's usually spurred on by avoidance of restrictive licenses. Where religions have schisms, open software has "forks".

** Granted, this trope is at the heart of FOSS software: Anyone who ''can'' do better, according to their philosophy, should be given the opportunity to prove it.

* Has occurred in the [[Video Game]] industry as well. While working at [[Atari]], Jay Miner (having previously developed the [[Atari 2600|2600]] console and 800 computer) designed what would become the Amiga. Frustrated that Atari wouldn't produce it, he left, starting his own company, Hi-Toro, to build it. Hi-Toro went bankrupt, but Commodore bought them and the Amiga design, eventually manufacturing it themselves.

** A handful of Atari programmers during the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Ray Kassar]] era were disgruntled that not only were they not getting credit for the games they created, but such information was treated as top secret. So they formed [[Activision]], the world's first third-party gaming company, which upon creation gave credit to the programmer who created the game right on the game box and in television commercials.