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"I support it only if it's open source" should be a more common viewpoint (vitalik.eth.limo)
submitted 3 days ago by pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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What are your thoughts? Any counter-counter points to the author's response to most concerns regarding open source?

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"I only eat food that's free."

I fully support open source software, but it's not feasible under the current economic system to expect everyone to exclusively contribute to open source projects.

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You are allowed to charge money for open source.

Its the recipe that makes the food you're eating that would need to be publicly available and free to redistribute.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yep, you sure are. You also can’t stop someone from forking it and giving it away for free. See: Red Hat Enterprise Linux and AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, etc.

Money in open source is one of the biggest hurdles to it becoming the norm. IMHO, governments should fund more open source projects and fund them at higher levels. We have art grants because art improves society, and we should have an equal or higher amount of open source grants because open source improves society too.