Re:Ask HN: Is it a good practice to provide open-source vers...
by ignoramous on Sunday August 09, 2020 @08:09AM
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I agree.
There's a cost to then having to manage the community and being forced to design by committee. There's a lot of control to lose for the developer in respecting user's liberty.
If the code isn't GPL'd or (MPL'd or open-core'd), there's a real and present danger of established firms forking it and making it their own.
That is-- if I'm being skeptical and allowed the liberty to make sweeping generalisations-- there's a lack of ethics with everyone else in this industry.
There's a cost to then having to manage the community and being forced to design by committee. There's a lot of control to lose for the developer in respecting user's liberty.
If the code isn't GPL'd or (MPL'd or open-core'd), there's a real and present danger of established firms forking it and making it their own.
That is-- if I'm being skeptical and allowed the liberty to make sweeping generalisations-- there's a lack of ethics with everyone else in this industry.