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Ah well if we're arguing that kind of point, I'd say that in my line of work (Security tester) I'm seeing faaar more open source software than I did 10-15 years
by raesene9 8y ago
Ah well if we're arguing that kind of point, I'd say that in my line of work (Security tester) I'm seeing faaar more open source software than I did 10-15 years ago even in traditionally enterprise software friendly environments (e.g. banks/public sector)
The demise of proprietary unix in favour of Linux is one striking example.
another is the rise of open source products like Docker and Kubernetes. They are being heavily deployed in organizations that might once have considered more proprietary software options instead.
- pjmlp 8y agoI mentioned failure of pure open source, the GPL dream, not open source as such.
- raesene9 8y agoI'm not sure I'd agree that GPL compatible licenses have failed. To take one example Kubernetes, one of the most popular projects around at the moment is Apache 2 licensed which has been agreed with the FSF is an open source license. Other popular projects like Tensorflow also use this license Likewise very popular projects like Visual Studio code, React Native and Angular make use of the MIT license which is also GPL compatible.
- pjmlp 8y agoNone of those licenses are copyleft, a company can pick any of those projects listed by you, sell a closed source product with their improvements, without giving even a semicolon back to upstream.
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