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Last I checked Red Hat was a for profit company not a commune. Point being, Free Software doesn't talk about price. Most people who develop FOSS software do it
by emilsedgh 6y ago
Last I checked Red Hat was a for profit company not a commune.
Point being, Free Software doesn't talk about price. Most people who develop FOSS software do it as part of their dayjobs.
- schemy 6y ago> Last I checked Red Hat was a for profit company not a commune. Last I checked Red Hat was bought by IBM and everyone with half a brain was bailing out.
- yrNasbg 6y agoSponsorship by the early stage RedHat even the early stage Google is fine. Once those companies have evolved according to the Gervais principle, their presence can become stifling. Working on "open" source in such a deteriorated company is worse than working on closed source. You get the worst of both worlds: Pressure from anyone on the planet who can open a GitHub issue, pressure from the management to "grow the team" (translation: increase the hiring pool and drive down wages) and corporate bullshit of people celebrating "open" source without ever having done anything for it.