171

Thoughts on Post-Open Source? (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 months ago by actual_patience@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

79 comments fedilink hide all child comments

TLDR: Companies should be required to pay developers for any open source software they use.

He imagines a simple yearly compliance process that gets companies all the rights they need to use Post-Open software. And they'd fund developers who would be encouraged to write software that's usable by the common person, as opposed to technical experts.

It's an interesting concept, but I don't really see any feasible means to get this to kick off.

What are your thoughts on it?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] library_napper 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fuck no. A small business that is struggling to survive should be able to use WordPress for their website and Linux for their laptops without paying

[-] actual_patience@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago

The fee could be really small but scale depending on factors like business size. Or there could be no fee outright for businesses smaller than a certain size.