Sustainable open source will stay a dream

Sustainable open source will stay a dream

  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    From the blog…

    Which I made clear I would not be able to fix without a machine to test on. So if nobody is willing to lend me a machine or sponsor me, so I could get one myself, it’s not going to happen.

    You think anyone made a move? Nope.

    Once I decided to take the investment myself, but charge for the new plugin, I suddenly turned into the greedy asshole that’s not giving away everything for free.

    … and …

    I’ll continue to work on nut.js, but updates to the repo will happen with a delay. New features, patches, bug fixes and security updates will be made available to subscribers first.

    Anti Commercial-AI license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

  • tutus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 months ago

    The self-entitlement in open-source has to stop. This is only one example of a maintainer quitting. There are many more.

    And the shaming of projects who want to make money to sustain their projects also has to stop. Nothing is free. Somebody is paying for it in time, resources or money.

    If you don’t like what a project is doing, or how they’re monetizing, don’t use it. Move on.

    • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      A universal basic income would better permit developers to choose to create collaborative software, rather than proprietary.

      Move on or keep using it is the normal choice when proprietary software changes in a way you don’t like. Trying to make money is fine but that doesn’t make choices immune to criticism. If you value your software freedom then one aught to criticize the creation of proprietary software, even if you never used it.

  • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    So, due to these naive believes, I started to work on nut.js under Apache-2.0 license, because I thought that if companies and individuals alike are able to permissively use my software, they would also be willing to support me in return.

    lol

  • style99@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    I don’t see how this will solve any of these problems he talks about. If he thinks a few bad faith accusations are impossible to tolerate, he’s really going to be unprepared for the death threats devs in closed-source companies constantly receive.

  • newcar1656@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

    The dude tried one business model, and rather than seeing the frustrations as a guide to make a better product, decided to fuck up his on ramp to new business because he thought it was a personal attack