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Re:Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commerc... by ThrowawayR2 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:44AM (#25847735)
I'd say the poster is telling it like it is. Better than 99.9% of people downloading FOSS software have no intention whatsoever of adding code or contributing back in any way and have no interest in the FOSS philosophy in general. The only value to them is the "free as in beer" aspect. If that isn't exploiting FOSS developers generosity, what is?
Re:Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commerc... by fartcannon on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:20AM (#25848236)
I suppose I'm rather surprised to hear it done so flagrantly, if I am to explain my disgust at the use of language here. FOSS is a beautiful thing. How many people's live s are made better by it? Countless.
Re:Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commerc... by hardwaresofton on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @09:14PM (#25854518)
So you'd rather I minced words?

I did not disparage F/OSS, the exploitation was about what is happening right now and will continue to happen -- corporations (and have started to realize that they can leverage F/OSS for their own ends, whether it's releasing open core stuff, or using CDDLs and getting people to sign over commits (which are IP), or making the code permissively licensed but controlling the development through other means.

I also believe F/OSS is a beautiful thing, which is why I try to look at what is happening with it optimistically and cynically.

P.S. Example of "other means" -- I personally think this is the model that Kubernetes and some other large single-company-backed F/OSS projects is doing, they've essentially built bureaucracy which replicates the internal politics you'd find at a large company, and I think it'd be quite difficult for a regular contributor, no matter how ardent, to get a "board seat" if not backed by some large company. Kubernetes was a better tool than others, but Google also spent a lot of money to propel it forward.