What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it
www.theregister.com
'Our licenses aren't working anymore,' says free software pioneer

TLDR: Companies should be required to pay developers for any open source software they use.

He imagines a simple yearly compliance process that gets companies all the rights they need to use Post-Open software. And they’d fund developers who would be encouraged to write software that’s usable by the common person, as opposed to technical experts.

It’s an interesting concept, but I don’t really see any feasible means to get this to kick off.

What are your thoughts on it?

  • Actual@programming.devOPEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    they only use Linux because it’s free. Companies create hardware on Linux because it’s free

    Companies use open source software because it’s the cheapest option. It’s all about margins.

    Nearly all of FOSS is funded by corporations whether you like it or not

    Yes, and FOSS can get a lot more funding if they charged companies even a little bit.

    So as long as it’s cheaper to pay a fee to continue to use an open-source software than it is to hire a group of developers to produce and maintain the same thing, the idea is viable.