the vast majority of projects are single developer.
I don’t see a solution being proposed for companies like ElasticSearch and Redis. What are they supposed to do if the value from their products is reaped by other entities affecting their ability to continue developing those products?
“We had to fire these people, but at least we’re OSI OSS!!”, “The company died but at least we’re OSI OSS!”, “We can’t make a living, but at least we’re principled!!!”.
What’s the suggestion here? Ignore what’s going on to satisfy a definition?
Here is my understanding of author’s position: Stay away from companies like Redis and ElasticSearch. They are building software with a proprietary mindset (the fact that they have tight control over product strategy and development demonstrates this) only to realize that they are being devoured by bigger fish. It’s a business model problem, not an open source problem.
So what’s the better business model, is what I would ask the dude.
