Hi,
On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 05:46:05PM +0100, Andre Rodier wrote:
> Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic ? Are
> you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers" ?
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Opinion:
The largest recipients of welfare in the Western world are
corporates. Both large corporations and the billionaires at their
head are blights on society. Any society that can even produce a
billionaire is dysfunctional at a far more fundamental level than
any conversation we'll have about software.
I am old enough to have experienced the "ignore", "laugh at" and
"fight" parts of the cycle, and now we are on the whole winning.
Yes, businesses are primarily trying to make money and some go
unfortunate ways with their licensing. Yes, too much is being asked of
open source maintainers. But I can remember what it used to be like.
I am not too worried about the survival of open source in general. I am
more concerned about diversity of participants, and the challenges that
AI brings.
Thanks,
Andy
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