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Why is this getting downvoted? It's adding something to the discussion that's relevant. Part of the reason for looking at the comments is to find other links
by abetusk 10y ago
Why is this getting downvoted? It's adding something to the discussion that's relevant.
Part of the reason for looking at the comments is to find other links to other initiatives or companies that are helping fund FOSS development.
- cyphar 10y ago> Why is this getting downvoted? It's adding something to the discussion that's relevant. Probably because "open core" is a worrying business model for a free software company. It's better than it being proprietary, but there's a legitimate concern that GitLab will stunt development in the community edition to upsell people to the proprietary version. Much of the engineering talent is at GitLab, unlike most free software projects. I work at SUSE, and all of my contributions and patches are free software (in fact, I maintain runC as part of my job which is pretty awesome). This is a much less worrying model than open core IMO. Enterprise support doesn't have to be support of proprietary software.