141
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2023
141 points (92.2% liked)
Technology
59670 readers
2174 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related content.
- Be excellent to each another!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Approved Bots
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Every corporation that sells proprietary software will do this eventually. The only way to prevent it is by removing the need for trust and demanding open-source software!
Many software companies in niche industries with few options end up being bought out by conglomerates or private equality which then turn the screws to their captive users.
Hashicorp recently switched Terraform's license from open source to a business license. Community forked it in a month. Source: opentofu.org