151
SF ads call out tech firms for not paying for open source (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 years ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/opensource@programming.dev
22 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 17 points 2 years 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.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

The free part means freedom. Not lack of payment.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 points 2 years ago

And those companies use the freedom.

this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2024
151 points (98.7% liked)

Opensource

6683 readers
235 users here now

A community for discussion about open source software! Ask questions, share knowledge, share news, or post interesting stuff related to it!

CreditsIcon base by Lorc under CC BY 3.0 with modifications to add a gradient

⠀

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
pylapp@programming.dev