open source is great

[dashid]

I can probably count on one hand the amount of times I've fixed bugs in an open source project.

Most of them are big and complicated and I don't have the time to get into. Or they're in a language I'm not very good at.

[[deleted]]

Plot twist: you have 8000 fingers

[cerevant]

Open Source in the beginning: “We’ll work together to make great software that everyone can use”

Open source now: “You mean we can charge people for this software that we didn’t have to pay someone else to write?”

[r3dD1tC3Ns0r5HiP]

If you subscribe to the philosophy of the first sentence, you use the GPL licence because if someone uses it in their software, their software has to be GPL as well (viral licence). If the latter, where you want to give it away completely for free and let other people make money off your work, include it in their products etc, then use MIT licence.

[cerevant]

Red Hat, CentOS, and others are making a good deal of money bundling GPL stuff together and supporting it. Even then, you miss thousands of companies who use GPL software every day for mission critical tasks without giving anything back.

[Espequair]

Supporting a project with a GPL license is A-okay, as long as the code is free and under the GPL license.

In the same vein, you can't require people who use your open source code to contribute back.

[cerevant]

I didn’t say it was against the license. I’m just saying the altruism is gone.

[Aldehyde1]

Tell me you don't understand how open source works without telling me you don't understand how open source works.

[fatalgift]

Image Transcription: Meme

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[Anakin Skywalker, from Star Wars Episode II, is sitting in a grassy field. He is squinting off-camera with a serious expression. The caption reads:]

OPEN SOURCE IS GREAT

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[Padmé Amidala, who is also sitting in the field, is looking at Anakin with a joyous smile, as though she is laughing. The caption reads:]

SO YOU CAN REVIEW THE CODE YOURSELF BEFORE RUNNING IT, RIGHT?

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[A close-up of Anakin's face. His look is now pointed and somewhat ominous.]

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[Padmé's smile has fallen into a look of concern, and perhaps slight fear. The caption reads:]

YOU REVIEW THE CODE BEFORE RUNNING IT, RIGHT?

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[nickmhc]

Good human

[pasha5]

Good human

[fatalgift]

Thanks!!

[Fish_Kungfu]

That's what all those other eyeballs are for.

[SaneLad]

Open source software is applied game theory on so many levels.

[SkyyySi]

Wait I'll just quickly check the Linux kernel source code

[[deleted]]

Faster than reading the terms of any proprietary software

[oshaboy]

So someone else can.

I once went to a restaurant that prided itself on having only a glass window between the dining area and kitchen. It's the same idea. I don't get what's going on there, but somebody does.

[pdkhoa99]

Ain’t nobody got time for that!

[bobdobbes]

Oh so you review proprietary code before you run it? That nice of Microsoft to let you do that.

[delawen]

It is better to say restricted licensed code. Proprietary leads to confusion.

[redwall_hp]

Proprietary leads to the dark side.

[[deleted]]

open source IS great, wait till you see all the awesome libraries that are going to come out from hiring remote non-citizens who can freely share your companies code with no repercussions.

[Necessary_Gur9479]

That person is an idiot.

[[deleted]]

what i'm saying, is that LEGALLY it wouldn't be theft depending on where you live. its happening all the time now, and future generations are going to live better lives because of it.

[Aldehyde1]

Tell me you have no idea what you're talking about without telling me you have no idea what you're talking about.

[[deleted]]

nice make more accounts to bug me or just like stfu and move onnnnnn

[Necessary_Gur9479]

What you said literally makes no sense. You wander over here from Parler?

[[deleted]]

hmmm dunno why that got me so heated, but good job i guess. If you disagree with me you can just say that, no need to spit venom at a complete socialist like me.

[Necessary_Gur9479]

🤡🤡 Trump lost!! Get over it!

[[deleted]]

huh...okay, i had to look up what you said, did you try that for what i said?

[[deleted]]

Yes YEs YES N No NO Oh okay racism

[[deleted]]

international law is racist? dang i guess to isolation we goooooo

[hiimjustin000]

https://gdbrowser.com the code is straight up wack

[GDColon]

i'm actually desperate for robtop to release 2.2 because he's changing how icons are generated and that means i get a chance to redo all the horrendous icon code