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Oh no, that doesn't bode well. Congrats for them for getting funding, but personally I've learned to stay away form VC-funded OSS projects. Sooner or later, the
by loveparade 3y ago
Oh no, that doesn't bode well. Congrats for them for getting funding, but personally I've learned to stay away form VC-funded OSS projects. Sooner or later, they need to focus investor returns, which inevitable results in locking more and more features and maintenance behind "products" - Of course, they never start out with that intention and promise that they'll always focus on OSS. Never happens.
- erulabs 3y agoIt’s also simultaneously exactly the opposite. If the authors never get money for their work, eventually they will quit or burn out, and then the project is in a worse spot. If companies making money have to / want to pay for support and some extra metrics, it seems very reasonable to me. You can always fork the open source project and add the enterprise features yourself of course!
- sangnoir 3y ago>If the authors never get money for their work, eventually they will quit or burn out, and then the project is in a worse spot I don't think your conclusion is axiomatic. There are plenty of flourishing open source projects, bug and small, that got handed over from the original author to new maintainers - sometimes multiple times. All without VC funding.
- loveparade 3y agoI am worried about VC money specifically, not money in general. There are other ways to fund OSS projects that don't lead to perverse incentives. Plenty of projects make money through sponsors, partnerships, or additional products without VC incentives.