> What happens when no new open source comes out of the smaller companies, and the big-3 decide they don't really need or want to play nice anymore? Companies

> What happens when no new open source comes out of the smaller companies, and the big-3 decide they don't really need or want to play nice anymore? Companies of all sizes can still benefit from releasing software as open source, so it's not going anywhere. But of course the way big companies behave is not getting unnoticed and is definitely going to reflect in future license choices away from permissive licenses for smaller companies and startups.