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A better question, should we change the license of all FOSS to require companies to pay a support fee so that a lot more people can work on FOSS full-time? Or m
by swframe2 5y ago
A better question, should we change the license of all FOSS to require companies to pay a support fee so that a lot more people can work on FOSS full-time? Or maybe, should we create a company like redhat that hires people to work on all FOSS projects and is supported by industry and governments?
- indigochill 5y agoI think both Docker and Gitlab have gone this way. Docker for Windows requires a commercial license for a company over a certain threshold in revenue/employees. Gitlab has a free community edition and an enterprise edition with the bells and whistles you'd probably want in that context. IMO, this is the future of open source in general: different licensing terms depending on the user/application. However, both Docker and Gitlab have professional teams behind them. It might not be the case that a particular important FOSS gizmo's creator is interested in writing up/enforcing better licensing terms or providing the maintenance a commercial client would expect.