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I understand the intent of the GPL, and the reasoning behind its creation. I'm not arguing about that. It isn't accidental that I am arguing around that point.
by defaultname 5y ago
I understand the intent of the GPL, and the reasoning behind its creation. I'm not arguing about that. It isn't accidental that I am arguing around that point.
I'm talking specifically about the notion of people making money off of open source -- whether BSD, GPL, etc. You cannot possibly make a penny off of what is freely and openly available. It's economic market value is $0.00. It's human value is considerable, but again the market value is $0.
This is lost on all of these sour grapes "wah, they're stealing" arguments.
- VectorLock 5y agoThats where the "sour grapes" come from. When another person takes a valuable thing that someone else made and turns it into monetary gain they feel like that is "stealing." It is less obvious because its not as directly and easily measurable when a direct dollar sign is put on a product. The same feeling happens when big tech builds huge profit machines using something a person made and gave away as a cog without contributing back. Or when AWS takes something like Elasticsearch and hosts it for profit - Elastic co. sure thought they were stealing. You call it sour grapes and then describe how someone is stealing something of value. Was Elastic's response to AWS also sour grapes?
- defaultname 5y ago"You call it sour grapes and then describe how someone is stealing something of value." This is absurd, and this is just circular. I feel like many of the open source arguments, particularly GPL-based, are predicated on detached bullshit.
- VectorLock 5y agoWhen something doesn't have a precise dollar value attached to it, does it not quality as stealing?