Post #1434840
2023-01-01 08:04 UTC
The first time I heard about #FOSS and supply chain in the same sentence was when about a decade ago from Bdale Garbee (then VP of HP), who stressed that if FOSS somehow magically suddenly disappeared, the company would be in great existential danger.
He therefore likened FOSS to a “critical supplier” of the company with the intention that the company should treat it (at least) as serious and as nicely as it does its critical suppliers.
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@hook@toot.si 2023-01-01 08:10
The annoyance at that time was that companies would either 1) actively avoid or ignore #FOSS, or 2) take it and ignore the license (i.e. piracy) So several of us were trying to convince companies to 3) engage with FOSS on FOSS' terms both license- and community-wise, contribute back and be an active part of a healthy ecosystem so everyone can strive It was about helping #FOSS, not imposing obligations. ...how and when that got misinterpreted in time, I dunno, would be curious to know.