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Which, when you are dealing with corporations usually means exactly nil. The "social pressure" works fine for individuals, but means very little for corporatio
by hvs 17y ago
Which, when you are dealing with corporations usually means exactly nil. The "social pressure" works fine for individuals, but means very little for corporations.
- mrkurt 17y agoIt does, and it doesn't. Individuals work for corporations (at least, the corporations I've been involved with). There's also a decent incentive to get changes committed upstream if a corporation is at a smaller scale than the BSD project they're using.
- there 17y agoa perfect example of this is that of all the users using openssh, all of the donations to the project have come from individuals and small companies. most of these users are just using openssh to manage their servers. of all the big router/switch/os vendors that have actually integrated openssh into their products that they sell and make money from, not one has donated a single dime back to the project.
- apotheon 17y agoNot true. Actually, a couple of years ago, GoDaddy donated $10K to the OpenSSH project: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6063349.html http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6063349.h... Other large corporate users of OpenSSH have also donated (both code and money) to the project, though I don't have specific examples off the top of my head at this exact moment.
- jcl 17y agoWhich is the source of the double standard Zed is experiencing. Corporations are expected to exploit advantages, while individuals are expected to reciprocate gifts. It's not a GPL vs. BSD double standard, it's a social one.