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One can release all code under free software licenses without being or trying to be “a successful OSS project” and its associated overhead. All of my software
by sneak 3y ago
One can release all code under free software licenses without being or trying to be “a successful OSS project” and its associated overhead.
All of my software is released as public domain (free software) and none of it is a successful open source project or community. Free software is first and foremost an ideology, and a practice or feature second.
- anonzzzies 3y agoAbsolutely agree and I do with my own code, but I need to eat and haven't managed to do that from open source. So yeah, that's why we pledge to open in a set time or set revenue stream, but I am not rich enough to just work for nothing in the meanwhile. That doesn't mean that I don't open most things I do in private. Edit: forgot 'don't'