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Perhaps you're getting downvoted because it's 2020, and your analysis makes zero mention of what some would call the most important group of people involved in
by tonyg 6y ago
Perhaps you're getting downvoted because it's 2020, and your analysis makes zero mention of what some would call the most important group of people involved in any software project: the end users. There's little left to debate - this particular dead horse is well kicked - but your comment omits any sign you're willing to acknowledge the "freedoms for whom?" aspect of the issue.
- dvt 6y ago> Perhaps you're getting downvoted because it's 2020, and your analysis makes zero mention of what some would call the most important group of people involved in any software project: the end users. This is a fair point. I guess I think the protected class in the context of open source should be the developers -- because they're the ones putting in the actual work. So I'd always favor their freedom over the end users'. Even if the "developer" might be a Fortune 500 company. Plenty of MIT-sourced projects blew up because Google or Facebook started using them. And, I'm no fan of huge Fortune 500 companies, but let's be fair: they often contribute back.