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Aren't they a profit motivated company? I'm not necessarily saying that's a bad thing. But it inevitably means they will not always be aligned.
by LightBug1 1y ago
Aren't they a profit motivated company?
I'm not necessarily saying that's a bad thing. But it inevitably means they will not always be aligned.
- hibikir 1y agoAnon profit, or even a random person, has their own motivations too that will not be aligned. Linus was herding cats in the kernel back when few contributors were paid by corporations to do it. Anyone that has spent any time on a large-ish OSS project has seen bad maintainers with poor incentives, as seen from the outside
- throwaway290 1y agoif there are contributors with various jobs it is very different than if the package is owned by a big for profit