The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source

Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by phobosdeimos on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @11:57AM (#17819616)

Childhood is believing in free software, adulthood is knowing Microsoft was right.

What kills open source software is greed, and very few people are immune from that.

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by umanwizard on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:33PM (#17820346)

What in the world are you talking about? We’re living in the golden age of free software. It’s doing better than it ever has before, and even Microsoft and Apple are enthusiastically contributing to it.

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by sipos on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:49PM (#17820480)

Even Microsoft doesn't think that anymore.

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by squarefoot on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:48PM (#17820476)

This. FOSS can be monetized by making it an investment rather than a product: offer services, let the software free then get paid for support and customized patches. This works, unless one wants to keep the money flowing while twiddling thumbs.

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