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

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

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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?

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[-] library_napper 1 points 10 months ago

wouldn't a company like best buy have millions of dollars of inventory of TVs?

[-] mo_ztt@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

They were selling TVs with GPL-licensed software inside without complying with the terms of the GPL. When challenged, their defense was some version of "But it’s completely free for anyone to use!"

They didn't have to give up every one of their TVs of any model, just the infringing models (the ones that used Busybox without complying with the GPL).