The title of the article is "Open Source is broken" and its subtitle is "Why I Don't Write Useful Software Unless You Pay Me"
And I disagree with both of these statements. Open source is not broken and I'll continue to write useful software, even if you don't pay me, because it's fun.
The actual problem is concisely present in the article:
> There is this culture of taking from open source without giving anything back.
The problem is not with open source, but with how capitalistic systems interface with open source - the same way the interface with any public good.
It's the capitalist culture that's broken; the capitalist culture of rent extraction and of short-term profit optimization.
And I disagree with both of these statements. Open source is not broken and I'll continue to write useful software, even if you don't pay me, because it's fun.
The actual problem is concisely present in the article:
> There is this culture of taking from open source without giving anything back.
The problem is not with open source, but with how capitalistic systems interface with open source - the same way the interface with any public good. It's the capitalist culture that's broken; the capitalist culture of rent extraction and of short-term profit optimization.