canpolat@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agoCorporate Open Source is Deadwww.jeffgeerling.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squareSenal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago “It’s not libre / free as in freedom so it’s wrong”. I think it’s more “It’s not libre / free as in freedom so it’s not open source, don’t pretend it is”. The “wrong” part would be derived from claiming its something that it isn’t to gain some advantage. I’m this case community contributions. There’s not a handwaving distinction between open source and not, there are pretty clear guidelines.
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months ago“Only X is opensource because OSI says so!”. It’s like believers referring to the bible for stuff without thinking themselves. “The bible says it’s so, so it must be right!”, while disregarding that circumstances have changed. Anti Commercial-AI license
I think it’s more “It’s not libre / free as in freedom so it’s not open source, don’t pretend it is”.
The “wrong” part would be derived from claiming its something that it isn’t to gain some advantage. I’m this case community contributions.
There’s not a handwaving distinction between open source and not, there are pretty clear guidelines.
“Only X is opensource because OSI says so!”. It’s like believers referring to the bible for stuff without thinking themselves. “The bible says it’s so, so it must be right!”, while disregarding that circumstances have changed.
Anti Commercial-AI license