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Quite a few reasons. Open Source is more in the news and it's self-reinforcing, people are incentivised to write content that gives them clicks. * Global pande
by david_allison 6y ago
Quite a few reasons. Open Source is more in the news and it's self-reinforcing, people are incentivised to write content that gives them clicks.
* Global pandemic and uptick in open source contributions
* Elastic/Amazon
* RMS
GPL's often a point of debate due to the virality of the license. AGPL is significantly more problematic due to the risks that it poses to corporations.[0]
IMO, overall this is a net positive, there's a lot more debate on long-term sustainability for open source, and a significant push for more corporate backing.
[0]: https://opensource.google/docs/using/agpl-policy/ https://opensource.google/docs/using/agpl-policy/