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The problem is not in Open Source itself but in the environment it lives in. So many big corporations benefit from FOSS without giving anything in return? Well
by squarefoot 5y ago
The problem is not in Open Source itself but in the environment it lives in.
So many big corporations benefit from FOSS without giving anything in return?
Well, then tax them. I mean lightly, say take .01% of the biggest 100 annual profit, then distribute part of it to the 100 more important FOSS projects and part to other FOSS projects whose developers are either unemployed or in financial difficulties, important projects with too few or no maintainers, that is, where it is necessary. It doesn't seem that hard to me, but I'm sure neither FAANG nor any other giants would take this step if it doesn't become law somehow.
To become law, however, it may need some changes in our definition of healthy capitalism, which to me is the hardest part.