I sort of think the spirit of open source is on life support
Building giant monopolies on top of open source code wasn't in the spirit of open source either. Training AI that reproduces open source code without any credits wasn't either.
I'm not sure why people working on Open Source should continue to accept being whipped like that
It's the philosophy of sharing flames among candles. someone else copying the flame does not make you colder. No matter how much brighter another candle burns.
But with that said: I think it's time we figure out how to exclude the metaphorical arsonists.
> It's the philosophy of sharing flames among candles
With the expectation that they go on to share it with other candles, not with the expectation that they hoard all of the fire they collect for themselves
> With the expectation that they go on to share it with other candles
Actually, for me at least, the expectation is merely 'do not mess with my flame, you will not stop me from sharing'.
Hoarding is fine (it's not great). Burning down everything around you using borrowed flame, however, is not.
> I sort of think the spirit of open source is on life support
Always has been.