This is interesting, thanks for sharing. I think I even know the post you’re talking about that inspired this - was it in the thread where someone was asking why OSS companies don’t migrate away from Github, and someone responded that a lot of OSS projects are actually commercially run and don’t really care about Microsoft owning Github?
I think your post is a good counter point in a sense that the relationship between OSS projects and corporate interests is complex and has always been there. The opportunity for GNU & Linux was born out of the corporate shenanigans you mention, even if corporations are heavily involved in both now.
I think the original poster was kinda right to highlight that OSS isn’t really as egalitarian and hobbyist as some people like to paint it. But OSS software and projects borne out of the post BSD era did chart us on a much more collaborative course, and the licenses that evolved from that era have also limited the abilities of companies to dominate or abuse OSS completely. Far from perfect of course, but one of the many interesting “cause and effect” actions that have helped to make GNU & Linux, and many other associated open source projects become what they are now.
This is interesting, thanks for sharing. I think I even know the post you’re talking about that inspired this - was it in the thread where someone was asking why OSS companies don’t migrate away from Github, and someone responded that a lot of OSS projects are actually commercially run and don’t really care about Microsoft owning Github?
I think your post is a good counter point in a sense that the relationship between OSS projects and corporate interests is complex and has always been there. The opportunity for GNU & Linux was born out of the corporate shenanigans you mention, even if corporations are heavily involved in both now.
I think the original poster was kinda right to highlight that OSS isn’t really as egalitarian and hobbyist as some people like to paint it. But OSS software and projects borne out of the post BSD era did chart us on a much more collaborative course, and the licenses that evolved from that era have also limited the abilities of companies to dominate or abuse OSS completely. Far from perfect of course, but one of the many interesting “cause and effect” actions that have helped to make GNU & Linux, and many other associated open source projects become what they are now.