> It is weird and unfair for a support partner [GitHub] to earn significantly more money than the core persons involved in open source
>> How are the Electron project creators and core contributors not 'the core persons involved in open source'?
>>> I didn't say that and would not have agreed to saying that.
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> requiring their participation in the culture of gifting
If it's required, it's not really gifting, is it?
> why companies typically don't participate in open source commons
Open source has never been better supported by corporations. Billions (probably tens of billions) of dollars are being poured in to open source. redis was a hobbyist project and now it's backed by over $100M in corporate money.
I just very much dislike this view that open source is in a bad place because it doesn't fit some moral judgement of how money should work in open source. It's like Stallman's campaign for 'freedom' as long as your view of 'freedom' is exactly the same as his.
>> How are the Electron project creators and core contributors not 'the core persons involved in open source'?
>>> I didn't say that and would not have agreed to saying that.
?
> requiring their participation in the culture of gifting
If it's required, it's not really gifting, is it?
> why companies typically don't participate in open source commons
Open source has never been better supported by corporations. Billions (probably tens of billions) of dollars are being poured in to open source. redis was a hobbyist project and now it's backed by over $100M in corporate money.
I just very much dislike this view that open source is in a bad place because it doesn't fit some moral judgement of how money should work in open source. It's like Stallman's campaign for 'freedom' as long as your view of 'freedom' is exactly the same as his.