Free and Open Source Software is eating the world, but is at the same time a victim of its own success. Large enterprises rely on libraries maintained by a single individual, or maybe worse yet: a single vendor.

Individuals or organizations may restrict the use of their technology or EOL versions of their software, posing real challenges to organizations and customers depending on that technology. How can we contribute to the viability and sustainability of open source?

  • @electrodynamica@mander.xyz
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    02 years ago

    Large enterprises rely on libraries maintained by a single individual, or maybe worse yet: a single vendor.

    So, what, the problem isn’t parasitic “large enterprises”, but rather, how do we allow them to keep doing what they’re doing without killing the host?

    Free and Open Source Software is eating the world

    Projection much?

    • IΛM0DΛYOP
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      12 years ago

      So, what, the problem isn’t parasitic “large enterprises”, but rather, how do we allow them to keep doing what they’re doing without killing the host?

      Forcing them to cede part of their turnover (as a co-investment model) to the open source projects they use in their commercial services. But behind these projects should not be a person, but a non-profit organisation that also acts as a legal custodian.