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Re:Apache PLC4X announcing end of community support due to m... by ReleaseCandidat on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:08AM (#29905862)
> I don't see where it is not ethical.

And that's the problem.

Many people like the idea of 'helping' other people for free, even if these users never 'give something back' (because they can't program, don't have the time to translate something, ...). But helping other people (companies) make money for free that already have not only enough but way more than you, and you even do the less rewarding work like fixing bugs is not what moste people thought of when making OSS.

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Re:Apache PLC4X announcing end of community support due to m... by sitkack on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:32AM (#29907727)
To explain it a different way, I think, is that releasing code under a permissive license where the end user is a large corp, doesn't make the world a better place, it just reduces the labor needed to achieve an end.

OSS saves on headcount.

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Re:Apache PLC4X announcing end of community support due to m... by mring33621 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:40AM (#29907870)
At my company, a huge bank, where we use a ton of open source code, we were explicitly told that working on (contributing to) open source was a terminal offense.
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Re:Apache PLC4X announcing end of community support due to m... by Tostino on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @11:16AM (#29908577)
Name and shame them.
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Re:Apache PLC4X announcing end of community support due to m... by wizzwizz4 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:22PM (#29909855)
I don't think it's fair to expect this user to do that. (However, if somebody else knows of a bank like that…)
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Re:Apache PLC4X announcing end of community support due to m... by Tostino on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:44PM (#29910201)
I mean throwaway accounts just pop up all over. I would never expect GP to answer and put themselves at risk ;).
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