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7 months agopeople need to stop supporting projects with no potential for long-term profitability unless those projects can survive without any support from for-profit companies.
You see the contradiction here right?
Nakoichi [he/him]
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No, open source has been historically exploited by corporations.
The project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and its related documentation.
This is what I mean though. Most groundbreaking development is done voluntarily or with public funds. It is antithetical to capitalism.
Capital comes in AFTER it is proven useful and/or profitable.
Corporate
Open source
Pick one. Capitalism cannot abide anything not being commodified. “Corporate open source” is an inherently contradictory term.
Open source projects have no potential for long term profitability unless those projects get support from for profit companies, thus compromising the nature of open source.