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Situations like this one make a company show whether they really are open source or only do so for marketability and to artificially appear more trustworthy. An
by nrabulinski 3y ago
Situations like this one make a company show whether they really are open source or only do so for marketability and to artificially appear more trustworthy. And sadly too often it comes out that it’s the latter
- i80and 3y agoWhat's worse is it can change at the whims of executives. You can invest time and effort into improving an open core product because the leadership is very open and collaborative, then the CTO changes or a bad quarter comes around and OOPS they're done playing with the community now
- byefruit 3y agoBut you've always got the right to fork it. What you're saying is you want them to continue maintaining it at their cost because the community don't want to?
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- pydry 3y agoSituations like this one bring out the difference between people who want open source to be supported and those who just want a freebee.
- nrabulinski 3y agoThe only freebie here is the PR implementing a major feature which people were excited for, that was ignored for months
- gtirloni 3y agoThe PR author apparently didn't want a freebee and actually spent time contributing.
- pydry 3y agoThe PR author had an expectation that their PR deserved to be merged. The people who agree with that are the ones who see FOSS as a freebie.
- gtirloni 3y agoThe people who complain about others seeing FOSS as a freebie often say the "free loaders" don't contribute back. When they do contribute, the goalposts get moved.
- CoolCold 3y agothis, +1 from me
- manojlds 3y agoThat's the definition of Open Core. You cannot say open core and also say they didn't accept the PR for a feature that is there in EE.
- Pet_Ant 3y agoThe features in the EE should be there because the effort requires expertise and cost. If it can be done by the community then it’s not really enterprise grade.
- vikramkr 3y agoTheir code is open source you can fork it and patch it - idk what you mean by "really" open source lol. It just - is open source, there's the code there's the license. A blimp isn't not a blimp because it's got a different color of paint