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I sort of think the spirit of open source is on life support Building giant monopolies on top of open source code wasn't in the spirit of open source either. T

• altruios 6mo ago
  It's the philosophy of sharing flames among candles. someone else copying the flame does not make you colder. No matter how much brighter another candle burns. But with that said: I think it's time we figure out how to exclude the metaphorical arsonists.
  • bluefirebrand 6mo ago
    > It's the philosophy of sharing flames among candles With the expectation that they go on to share it with other candles, not with the expectation that they hoard all of the fire they collect for themselves
    • altruios 6mo ago
      > With the expectation that they go on to share it with other candles Actually, for me at least, the expectation is merely 'do not mess with my flame, you will not stop me from sharing'. Hoarding is fine (it's not great). Burning down everything around you using borrowed flame, however, is not.
• giancarlostoro 6mo ago
  > I sort of think the spirit of open source is on life support Always has been.