Post #1434841
2023-01-01 08:10 UTC
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.
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@Di4na@hachyderm.io 2023-01-01 19:17
@hook I mean I would say it did not become misinterpreted. It's just that... it was never interpreted at all. Licenses moved to be more permissive so that you can't really not respect them. And then the "supply chain" problem came back through infosec, not through maintenance and sustainability. Supply chain these days means finding who is responsible, not realizing you depend on them. The infosec crowd never seem to have realised this is an ecosystem problem, not a "bug" problem.