Libraries, compilers and kernels alike.
If you want to rely on software being there, you should be ready to pay for people to support it.
> This is because as a community we have realized that we don't sell libraries, we sell stuff build with them, so we all win when we share.
It is clear to me that is not true anymore. It is really hard to find open source project without clear direct financial incentives.
Again, as a community, we should start to pay for the components we use.
But that is a different issue, from the behavioral standards we as a community uphold implicitly, and which are broken by pulling a "left-pad" incident.
I work in open source as well at both day job and for "fun" but I fix the issue that I want and if people want something from me as author of whatever, there is going to be a money talk.
The author created a project and advertised it to people, if they don't want to maintain it anymore, sure, no problem.
But deleting it to spite others is considered a d* move.
Have they? how much $$$ profit did they make?
You aren't paying for shit and yet you think they are making a profit and you are entitled to professional support? Wise up.
I profit from Clojure, Python and the linux kernel. Doesn't mean I habe an income from their existence.
Nobody is arguing about professional support, but advertising a project and then deleting the entire thing to spite people is a jerk move.
Ready up!
Thats exactly what it means.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/profit
I use linux to write python that I sell for a profit, I profit from these things, and I am happy to support these projects with my profits in return for professionalism I need to make a profit.
If I use them in a personal project I benefit from them not profit, and I certainly don't expect anything more than the benefit of not having to write that code, the rest is up to me.
This is pure entitlement.