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Reading this felt like visiting an alien planet. The software is MIT-licensed. All the talk of “buying” it and “ROI”, SEO, etc was just depressing and shows how
by skywhopper 1y ago
Reading this felt like visiting an alien planet. The software is MIT-licensed. All the talk of “buying” it and “ROI”, SEO, etc was just depressing and shows how utterly poisoned the culture around software has become.
- neuroelectron 1y agoSame. I can't take it seriously. But of course people spending money demand to be taken seriously.
- alias_neo 1y agoWhile I agree with your reaction, and would feel the same myself, they didn't buy the code, they bought the repo, it's stated quite clearly in my opinion. Typically I would find this kind of PR stunt irksome, but I don't begrudge the little guy doing what they can to get some attention on their product, and it's an interesting read non the less since I hadn't really considered the logistics of buying an open source repo before. I suppose a better way to put it, would be to say they bought the stars/links/name, which I have mixed feelings about.