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Open software is important as it enables developer to learn and to value the community around the ecosystem. But please think about not just the software part.
by SeriousM 4y ago
Open software is important as it enables developer to learn and to value the community around the ecosystem. But please think about not just the software part. You use open software, but where was it stored? Who paid for the infrastructure to reach you home so that you can download it? Where was it built, was it a free service like github actions? Who pays the hundred of people to build the service and who pays the guys who maintains the servers and avoid the DDoS? Look, I don't want to fight nor was it my intention. I wanted to raise the awareness that the free software is not free and the people shouldn't take it granted just because they have the access to the stuff.