dirkriehle

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The Future of the Open Source Definition(dirkriehle.com)
2 points by dirkriehle 3y ago|1 comments
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by dirkriehle 3y ago
The definitions of what free and what open-source software is are major cultural achievements. They have inspired similar definitions for data, content, and other types of resources. Still, many forces pull, sometimes with compelling argume
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Should open source projects denounce users who aren't donating money?(dirkriehle.com)
2 points by dirkriehle 3y ago|2 comments
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by dirkriehle 3y ago
tl;dr According to the blog post's author (me): No
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The Innovations of Open Source(dirkriehle.com)
1 points by dirkriehle 3y ago|1 comments
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by dirkriehle 3y ago
A by now classic rundown of the major innovations open source has given us
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by dirkriehle 3y ago
> Either this guy is high off his ass and I want some, or has reached the astral plane of scamming VCs. Really just work, 9 to 5, and rather mediocre cafeteria food.
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by dirkriehle 3y ago
> I was just thinking about this. I think LGPL was a great idea, but unfortunately, business rejected it, because contrary to free market ideology, they are interested in having control over their users (and don't want to show other
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by dirkriehle 3y ago
Hey David, is this a no to the "let's celebrate"?
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by dirkriehle 3y ago
> So close to getting it right... Consider the countercase, where the company says up front that the product is only open source temporarily. Would anyone use them? Maybe, but they'd have a way harder time getting any buy-in. You ca
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by dirkriehle 3y ago
> Is "open source strategy" purely an economic tool? I though there was as much societal and political motivations involved as economic. There are many different types of open source projects. Those created for purely commercia
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by dirkriehle 3y ago
> But it is not a forgone conclusion that the software eventually going closed was a requirement of that VC investment. True, but it is the best option these vendors currently see, otherwise they wouldn't do it. There are alternativ