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As an option between developers and customers, of course you can do this now, and it happens. That's very different though to a law that requires source to be
by bruce511 2y ago
As an option between developers and customers, of course you can do this now, and it happens.
That's very different though to a law that requires source to be released.
The former is something you do because you believe it gives you the edge in a sale.
The latter is a regulatory framework that imposes problems on everyone unilaterally.
- scratcheee 2y agoOnly everyone who goes bankrupt, and their creditors. Rather the opposite for their customers. I’m sure there’s a few cases where this would excessively hurt a company’s prospects (perhaps where a company has an innovative software product with a thin hardware component), but in the majority of cases losing access to the software of a hardware product as an asset is a relatively small loss, and the benefit to consumers is pretty huge. I’d support the trade off.