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I have no sympathy for maintainers who give away their work for $0 and the act all surprised when the world pays $0 for it and value it at $0. Wake up! Look around and notice how the world actually works and act accordingly. If you want people to pay real $ for your work then make that the price tag.

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If you want endless unmaintained security apocalyse -ware at all levels of your organization, just keep using FOSS dependencies while explaining to yourself you don't have to contribute anything back.

"Look around and notice how the world actually works"...

Yes because that is the only possible alternative. Without FOSS the planet will obviously instantly explode and turn into a black hole. Right. I've got news for you: your life depends on closed source commercial software. Every time to take a lift, drive a car, fly an airplane, use your credit card, use your bank, drink water, buy products, use electricity, is a passenger on a ship etc. you rely on commercial software. And yet somehow the planet hasn't exploded yet. So yes look around and notice how the world actually works. Having said that, I think FOSS is a good thing. But make sure companies pay $ for it. Don't give it away for $0 and then sulk when people pay you exactly that in return.

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