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Re:CoreJS: State of the project? Looks like dead. Any offici... by cycomanic on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @04:10AM (#22682812)
Actually, while I think npm is the worst example, I am of the opinion that this is the largest issue facing OSS today.

Companies using lots of OSS packages without ever giving back a dime. The argument is always that this helps developers get a job, but often enough the jobs don't allow the developers to work full time on those packages, but they are still somehow expected to continue the work in their past-time.

The guy posted the results of his call for funding, he got to $50 a month on patreon! For maintaining a package that likely 100s or 1000s of companies depend on for the work.

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Re:CoreJS: State of the project? Looks like dead. Any offici... by syshum on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @05:36AM (#22683132)
Which is the direct result of abandoning CopyLeft licensing moving towards the BSD / MIT license model that creates the climate your speaking of.

I firmly believe that Linux had not used GPL it would not be anywhere as big as it is today

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Re:CoreJS: State of the project? Looks like dead. Any offici... by TAForObvReasons on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @11:24AM (#22685442)
On the other side, GitHub minted 3 billionaires in the acquisition by Microsoft! Chris Wanstrath walked away with 1.8B and probably would have been best positioned to defend the community which enabled the exit. Funny how the open source ecosystem mirrors the world at large
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Re:CoreJS: State of the project? Looks like dead. Any offici... by camgunz on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @09:39PM (#22690132)
A big part of this problem is "BSD license everything". Make your work Affero GPL, and charge for commercial use. Stop giving away your labor and expertise for free. Solidarity.
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