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If a large software company had to pay 0.1% of its profit (revenue?) to each foss dependency they wouldn't have any left. And contributing back is not as easy
by bagacrap 7y ago
If a large software company had to pay 0.1% of its profit (revenue?) to each foss dependency they wouldn't have any left.
And contributing back is not as easy as lobbing code over the wall, you have to spend a lot of time and energy coming to agreements on what makes sense to share and how to organize it. It would probably be a full time job for Mr Benjamin to vet external contributions even if everyone could agree that all were desirable.
- pjmlp 7y agoWhy? That is how everyone else does business, paying their suppliers and tooling.
- solidasparagus 7y agoAnd choosing their suppliers based on prices... This is like a supplier offering their services for free and then bitching that no one is paying.
- pjmlp 7y agoFrom the amount of people complaining here, it seems to me more like everyone is now pissed off that the supplier decided to go elsewhere and stop offering gratis services, as means to pay their bills.