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Very sad read. Much of the multi-billion dollar project I work on is built on top of libxml2 and my company doesn't have a clue. Fuck, even most of my colleague
by zppln 1y ago
Very sad read. Much of the multi-billion dollar project I work on is built on top of libxml2 and my company doesn't have a clue. Fuck, even most of my colleagues working with XML every day don't even know it because they only interface indirectly with it via lxml.
- mschuster91 1y ago> Fuck, even most of my colleagues working with XML every day don't even know it because they only interface indirectly with it via lxml. Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/
- burnt-resistor 1y agoWell, they need to pony up around $150k or so to keep it alive rather than freeloading off the work of others.
- sneak 1y agoIt’s not freeloading to accept a gift given freely.
- KingMob 1y agoYet in real life gifting, we expect reciprocity and have norms. (E.g., if little Johnny doesn't bring a present to Sally's birthday party, he never gets invited back.) Asymmetrical gifting is only acceptable with a power imbalance; if the boss gives an employee a gift, it need not be reciprocated. FOSS actually turns this on its head, since unpaid volunteers are giving billionaires like Bezos gifts. Worse, people argue in favor of it.
- atemerev 1y agoIt is not freeloading, but correspondingly you cannot demand anything from a gifter. Not even "could you please look at it". They might. Or they may ignore you. Or they may delete their repo and go away to the wild. Up to them.
- meepmorp 1y agoI've never once expected someone to repair a gift they gave me because I found a flaw in it. That's when it becomes freeloading.
- ethan_smith 1y agoCompanies should implement dependency audits that identify critical open source components and allocate appropriate support resources proportional to their business impact.