Re:You use more open source software than you think
by paulryanrogers on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:05PM
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Probably because bigger companies have bigger wallets. Bezos can afford to kick back some of gains his engineers get from the work of others. Small shops would have less capacity to give back.
Re:You use more open source software than you think
by zxzax on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:37PM
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Isn't that the reverse of big tech companies taking free labor? That sounds more like they're giving more free labor, because they can afford to.
Re:You use more open source software than you think
by d110af5ccf on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @10:13PM
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> That sounds more like they're giving more free labor, because they can afford to.
But the thing is, they often don't. That tends to rub people the wrong way.
Re:You use more open source software than you think
by morelisp on Thursday June 10, 2021 @02:57AM
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Free software was expressly about handing power back to users and developers outside of large companies. The whitewashing of that as OSS combined with the failure to build effective cooperative structures within software development has instead resulted in companies that have more power over more aspects of our lives than any amount of proprietary software ca. 1980-2000.
I really don't understand why there are always comments of this nature every time this is brought up. Why is the size of the company relevant? Do people here not have jobs in the IT field? When people contribute to open source, anyone is able to use that code, including you. That means when you go get a job at a new company, you can keep using that code. It doesn't matter if you go to a small company or a large company.