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There's a lot of strange loops like this is free and open-source software generally. For instance much free software is partially funded by proprietary software
by SuperNinKenDo 8y ago
There's a lot of strange loops like this is free and open-source software generally. For instance much free software is partially funded by proprietary software companies who want to use it internally, or is open-core but not fully open-source. GitHub itself is a walking contradiction of license philosophies for instance.
Not quite the same thing, but there's (almost) always a weird interplay and tension whenever something actually needs to get funded or make money.
- Spivak 8y agoGitHub's on-prem enterprise offering is certainly a contradiction but I don't think their hosted service is. It's code they wrote running on servers they own/rent. FOSS software might come with an ethos of publishing useful things one makes but it's certainly not an obligation. I will admit that there is issue regarding non-free client-side JS but a lot of projects tend to ignore that.