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You're being downvoted but I think this is good harsh feedback. Open source, public domain products are better. Lots of engineers understand that and want to m
by breck 3y ago
You're being downvoted but I think this is good harsh feedback.
Open source, public domain products are better. Lots of engineers understand that and want to make those things. But the laws currently incentivize doing things the wrong way.
We can either change the laws, or go back to first principles and see if there might be open source business models that haven't been tried yet.
- thumbuddy 3y agoI don't care if I get down voted for my opinions on the internet :). My view on it is simple... The way the current internet is set up, it'd be really difficult to make these types of projects profitable. Even if you make more laws, it'd be super hard to find people violating said laws, and even harder to bring them into court as a company struggling to get started. Big and even medium size companies play these games all day.
- breck 3y agoTo be clear I think we need fewer laws. Specifically I think IP laws need to be abolished. Software development, academic research, et cetera should be done in the open and public domain. Less monopoly profits for a few, better information and software for all.
- thumbuddy 3y agoI'm cool with that, but expect it to be even harder to monetize OSS without taxes funding it...