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The reasons corporations lead open source projects is to undercut their (potential) competitors by commoditising their complements. OSI licenses are used in suc
by HexDecOctBin 5y ago
The reasons corporations lead open source projects is to undercut their (potential) competitors by commoditising their complements. OSI licenses are used in such projects because they allow the businesses to achieve the above.
Open-source has started to become a weapons in the arsenal of Goliath against the David who may want one-day challenge it. If your only agenda is being free to fix your printer'a drivers [1], that may not be a deal-breaker; but many others are looking at something that provides justice alongside freedom. [2]
[1]: https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html
[2]: https://writing.kemitchell.com/2020/07/03/Programmer-Power.html https://writing.kemitchell.com/2020/07/03/Programmer-Power.h...