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Does open source need to rethink itself? (www.wired.com)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am puzzled after reading this article on #Wired. After all, what is written is not wrong, but is highly critic and makes me question the effective importance of fighting for free software or at least open source

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Just gave it a read, and all I can really say is that there is not real point to the article... it's just a commentary on open source software that explains some of the perils that exist when people that you don't want to use your code, do.

It doesn't convince me in any way that the open source software should not be pursued. What the article leaves out is how people use paid software for the same negative things that they mention in the article. It doesn't matter. One thing you paid for, the other you have not.