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This. Also, users are often unaware of what Open Source components are used in a software or a device they use. Organization reselling MIT/BSD products with som
by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
This.
Also, users are often unaware of what Open Source components are used in a software or a device they use.
Organization reselling MIT/BSD products with some rebranding and marketing can mislead the users into thinking their products are entirely made from scratch. This:
- prevents power users from getting in touch with the original developers and becoming active contributors (testing, bug reporting...)
- discourages users from learning to code
- prevents power users from getting features / fixes / security updates from the original developer
- removes the opportunity for the original developers (and others) to receive donations from the users or be paid to work on the project
- fragments the community