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> Many (although not all) Open Source authors feel aggrieved when their work is used by a for-profit-company I don’t think that’s fair to say. There are hundre
by prepend 5y ago
> Many (although not all) Open Source authors feel aggrieved when their work is used by a for-profit-company
I don’t think that’s fair to say. There are hundreds of thousands (millions?) if open source projects with many creators. There are very few authors complaining about this. Perhaps many feel this way, but without some evidence of these feelings, I don’t think it’s accurate to attribute a feeling to millions of people. Even if there are a thousand, and that’s considered many, context is needed so it doesn’t sound like this feeling is generalized to an entire group.
- bruce511 5y agoYou are right, it was a sweeping generalisation. But I would say it is a common lament, perhaps by a vocal minority, which is regularly expressed here. But yes, for each one who posts there maybe 1000 who don't.