[wlug] Re: 'Paying People To Work on Open Source is Good Actually'

On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 08:42:26 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:

'The additional restrictions imposed by PolyForm or the BSL really do go against the Freedom 0 ideal.'

I would include the AGPL here as well.

'Instead, every time a maintainer finds a way to get paid, people show up to criticize and complain.'

Heck, they show up to criticize and complain anyway. People complain about GNOME, and when I mention alternative desktops, they say those alternatives are somehow not “mainstream”. Or they complain about default configurations, and when I say the config can be changed, they respond “that’s not the point”. And so on and so on.