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> I don't see where it is not ethical. And that's the problem. Many people like the idea of 'helping' other people for free, even if these users never 'give s
by ReleaseCandidat 5y ago
> I don't see where it is not ethical.
And that's the problem.
Many people like the idea of 'helping' other people for free, even if these users never 'give something back' (because they can't program, don't have the time to translate something, ...). But helping other people (companies) make money for free that already have not only enough but way more than you, and you even do the less rewarding work like fixing bugs is not what moste people thought of when making OSS.
- sitkack 5y agoTo explain it a different way, I think, is that releasing code under a permissive license where the end user is a large corp, doesn't make the world a better place, it just reduces the labor needed to achieve an end. OSS saves on headcount.
- mring33621 5y agoAt my company, a huge bank, where we use a ton of open source code, we were explicitly told that working on (contributing to) open source was a terminal offense.