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The Social Contract of Open Source (snarky.ca)
1 point by oalders on Aug 31, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I want to get the point across that open source maintainers owe you quite literally nothing

The only way you should use open source for any business purpose is if you are prepared to fully support it yourself or you are prepared to enter into a "business contract" for support. Otherwise, you may have no support when things go wrong.




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