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> It's great to consume OSS but there are little to none advantages in contributing The advantage is the software I use gets better. OSS works fine with purely
by coldpie 2y ago
> It's great to consume OSS but there are little to none advantages in contributing
The advantage is the software I use gets better. OSS works fine with purely selfish motives: implement the fixes & features you want for your needs, contribute them upstream so you don't have to maintain a diff.
- WesolyKubeczek 2y agoTrue, as long as the selfish one is a fellow craftsman. Once a tech giant comes in with an overwhelming interest of making the substrate (open source software and associated free labor) on which it grows its shit (products which bring in the money and surveil the hell out of you), it all breaks down and we have conundrums on what to do with it pop on HN every couple weeks. A pet conspiracy theory of mine is that there exists PR professionals who are now retired and ride their lambos into the sunset because they were successful in creating a negative rap for copyleft, promoting permissive licensing and convincing gullible community members and "evangelists" that it's their own idea.
- coldpie 2y agoYou seem to be deep in a hole based on some high profile, bad experiences. Take a moment to climb out of it and look around at all the cool stuff happening :)