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Author also comes from perspective that somehow "project" in itself is good and should be sustained. Open source projects are not endengered species to keep it

by ozim 7y ago

Author also comes from perspective that somehow "project" in itself is good and should be sustained. Open source projects are not endengered species to keep it alive. If no one is interested in paying for project, then people don't need it. Simple as that, when project breaks like open ssh companies will chip in...

ghaff 7y ago
>when project breaks like open ssh companies will chip in... Although, in that case, they really didn't. At least not enough. That's why you ended up with a Core Infrastructure Initiative. (Which, to be sure, is indirectly companies chipping in because that's mostly how the Linux Foundation gets funded but it's not individual companies bankrolling critical infrastructure software.)
- eeZah7Ux 7y ago
  Good example. People expect FLOSS developers to contribute work on their weekends and never complain about not being paid. Meanwhile Linux runs the power plants that keep the lights on.
  - ozim 7y ago
    That is the problem that devs are nice people who are doing it for free on weekends. This should end, and pointy haired bosses should deal with fallout at best from their own pockets.
eeZah7Ux 7y ago
Let's try replacing FLOSS with scientific research and see how wrong it sounds: "Author also comes from perspective that somehow research in itself is good and should be sustained. Scientific research projects are not endengered species to keep it alive. If no one is interested in paying for research, then people don't need it. Simple as that, when science breaks like open ssh companies will chip in... "
- ozim 7y ago
  All those crap papers that people write just to get PHD should vanish. On the other hand how much science went into SpaceX and reusable rockets? How much science is in chemistry to get new drugs because there are tons of people who would pay for that. Somehow LHC got funded and it was not cheap. In past inventors were guys that had too much free time and too much money.

by ozim 7y ago

ghaff 7y ago

>when project breaks like open ssh companies will chip in... Although, in that case, they really didn't. At least not enough. That's why you ended up with a Core Infrastructure Initiative. (Which, to be sure, is indirectly companies chipping in because that's mostly how the Linux Foundation gets funded but it's not individual companies bankrolling critical infrastructure software.)

eeZah7Ux 7y ago
Good example. People expect FLOSS developers to contribute work on their weekends and never complain about not being paid. Meanwhile Linux runs the power plants that keep the lights on.
- ozim 7y ago
  That is the problem that devs are nice people who are doing it for free on weekends. This should end, and pointy haired bosses should deal with fallout at best from their own pockets.

eeZah7Ux 7y ago

Let's try replacing FLOSS with scientific research and see how wrong it sounds: "Author also comes from perspective that somehow research in itself is good and should be sustained. Scientific research projects are not endengered species to keep it alive. If no one is interested in paying for research, then people don't need it. Simple as that, when science breaks like open ssh companies will chip in... "

ozim 7y ago
All those crap papers that people write just to get PHD should vanish. On the other hand how much science went into SpaceX and reusable rockets? How much science is in chemistry to get new drugs because there are tons of people who would pay for that. Somehow LHC got funded and it was not cheap. In past inventors were guys that had too much free time and too much money.