Re:In 2019, multiple open source companies changed course
by mistrial9 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @01:30PM
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no, there is another step (at least).. That is, to understand the benefits of something specialized, to .. say economy overall; society overall; research and innovation; education; governance.. you must understand benefits to others past yourself and your team. This is a higher mental function, do not assume everyone understands this, or that you understand this, at all times. Volunteering your own time is yes, a question, but there are systems effects to something as specialized as modern code.
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Re:In 2019, multiple open source companies changed course
by quantummkv on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @01:37PM
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I am really sorry but I genuinely am unable to understand what you said. Can you repeat that in english please?
Re:In 2019, multiple open source companies changed course
by mistrial9 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @01:53PM
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> When you open source something, you are basically volunteering to write code
thank you for the opportunity to clarify...
YOU - an individual coder; OpenSource - a publication with license for others; Write Code - specialized skills with high literacy; Volunteering - social arrangement with time and resources.
You - Write Code - OpenSource => volunteering
when code is made OpenSource, the origins of the code over time are due to more than one person
when code is made OpenSource, benefits are primarily to systems, less so to the individual
to understand the decision to make OpenSource code, the systems that benefit extend to Five Areas (for example, to quote https://paulfuhlir.com/ ) .. listed above
does that make it clearer ?