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I’m glad that the free software movement existed for so long and achieved a lot, giving me the opportunity to reap the benefits of their work. And that’s exact
by antipurist 3y ago
I’m glad that the free software movement existed for so long and achieved a lot, giving me the opportunity to reap the benefits of their work.
And that’s exactly what disappoints me: everyone can benefit without giving anything in return. FSF didn’t find an approach to software freedom that incentivises participants to contribute. FOSS is not a business model, so we see what we see: https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/
I believe there is a need to adopt more semi-free source-available licenses that will force corporations to finance the projects they rely upon, while granting the expected freedoms to individual users, tinkerers and contributors.