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I am tired with Free software ideology which imposes a semi-arbitrary definition of freedom and fails to serve the interests of FOSS developers themselves. The
by higerordermap 6y ago
I am tired with Free software ideology which imposes a semi-arbitrary definition of freedom and fails to serve the interests of FOSS developers themselves.
There are 2 type of FOSS software out there.
Corporate sponsored, generally pieces of infrastructure / development tooling, liberally licensed and rightly so.
Indie software, done mostly by volunteers on free time, there should be a creative commons like source-available NonCommerical license for it. Stallman's ideology of free for everyone doesn't make sense in the era of big tech.
This is why I don't dislike commons clause or open core - we aren't entitled to anything, and definitions of FOSS are arbitrary and outdated at this point. At least these raise the standards of living for developers, while still allowing us to view / modify sources.