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> My sense is that it’s time to evolve licensing such that wealthy major consumers of packages that have become somewhat essential are naturally paying a licenc

> My sense is that it’s time to evolve licensing such that wealthy major consumers of packages that have become somewhat essential are naturally paying a licence fee. Yes, it's called paid software, but don't worry, it's going to be trendy again soon. The days of free software contribution are almost over. Devs want to be paid for their work. too many corporations made billions from open source projects while maintainers live in quasi poverty. What is needed is a proper market place for paid open source software. Github isn't one.

laurent92 5y ago
> proper marketing CVE are the proper marketing. The perspective of having a package with a vulnerability and no-one to provide a fix is frightening to any software maintainer. I think I could be extorted dozens of thousands for a single upgrade. Heck, when the electrician auditor says our office is not certified for 2022, I pay $700 for a professional to fix it. Software will be the same very soon.