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It should be no surprise that Facebook works on projects that benefit Facebook. By making it free software, it also happens to benefit the wider world at the sa
by chungy 4y ago
It should be no surprise that Facebook works on projects that benefit Facebook. By making it free software, it also happens to benefit the wider world at the same time. Win-win.
Is your problem with the idea that developers are getting paid at all, or just that this instance is at Facebook?
- mort96 4y agoMy main issue is that I would rather not use Facebook products, and I would rather we don't create standards which rely on Facebook products. The FOSS funding issue I more of a side-point which I didn't even bring up, but I don't see "get hired by Facebook if you want to work on FOSS" to be a healthy solution to the FOSS funding problem, we need a way to ensure funding for FOSS developers who don't work for Facebook. But that's not strictly related to the zstd thing specifically.
- eropple 4y agoCalling a GPL-licensed piece of software with nontrivial public contribution "a Facebook product" is begging the question.
- mort96 4y agoHow is it begging the question? Is it the word "product" you're unhappy with? I can call it a Facebook project instead if you prefer, it doesn't change the substance of anything I've written. The problem I have is with the "Facebook" part.
- chungy 4y agoI think the problem is that you have a hard time living in a community with some actors you may not like. That's just life.