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SF ads call out tech firms for not paying for open source (www.theregister.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/opensource@programming.dev

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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The parasite class didn't get rich by paying people what they're worth, and I doubt they're going to start now

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think you can blame them for this. How many resources do you use without voluntarily paying extra above your legal requirements? Do you donate every time you go to free libraries, museums, parks, cathedrals, etc? I certainly don't and I don't think that makes me "the parasite class".

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 3 weeks ago

On the one hand I like the sentiment of paying for open source software. But on the other hand the free part of free software is kind of very on the nose.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe the software license should have been one that only allows non commercial use or the open sourcing of all derivative code.

[–] cacheson@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Meanwhile, corpos scrambling to take down their "we ❤️ [profiting from] open source" banners.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

makes thing for free

Doesn't get paid for it

Why not make a license that makes it free if you contribute to development and paid for if you don't?