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Here's a serious question. Countless stories of companies turning back from open source to restrictive licenses. Will open source survive? Except maybe the ic
by wg0 3y ago
Here's a serious question.
Countless stories of companies turning back from open source to restrictive licenses.
Will open source survive? Except maybe the iconic projects that have already a certain status such as Linux, LLVM etc?
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- hk__2 3y ago> Countless stories of companies turning back from open source to restrictive licenses. > Will open source survive? Except maybe the iconic projects that have already a certain status such as Linux, LLVM etc? I’d say that 95% of open-source is made by normal people like you and me, not by companies. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/
- bityard 3y agoFree and Open Source software did not start with corporate sponsorship, it will not die from lack of it.