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The creators of this tool chose to create a company and try to actually make a living off of their idea. I don't see why this should count against them; in fac
by semiotagonal 7y ago
The creators of this tool chose to create a company and try to actually make a living off of their idea. I don't see why this should count against them; in fact with the open-source tools of the 2000s now experiencing "license regret" over cloud services product-izing their software (e.g. MongoDB), it probably makes sense to stake out the commercial territory yourself before someone else does.
And the author isn't calling "dibs" at all; her company's product hit the market first, but she isn't claiming any right to that market.
- tpmx 7y agoMaybe I'm just being old here, but MongoDB (initial release 2009) doesn't really feel like the old guard of open source to me. Not calling dibs: fair enough. Edit: Just noticed the pronoun you used and was confused. I vaguely remember these people (the creators of this product) from when they launched the product as, well, male. Turns out they still are: Here's their separate blog post btw: https://blog.astropad.com/a-message-from-astropads-founders/ https://blog.astropad.com/a-message-from-astropads-founders/
- semiotagonal 7y agoThe founders are male, but the author of the post isn't one of the founders. I edited my previous comment to reflect the authorship.
- lonelappde 7y agoThat's irrelevant because you can use AGPL if you don't want your software exploited by a cloud Corp.
- semiotagonal 7y agoThe AGPL is exactly the thing that MongoDB dropped because their software was being monetized by cloud providers without adequate benefit to themselves.
- mcphage 7y ago> And the author isn't calling "dibs" at all; her company's product hit the market first, but she isn't claiming any right to that market. Did it? I remember hearing about Duet Display first, but maybe I just missed it.