What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it
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'Our licenses aren't working anymore,' says free software pioneer

TLDR: Companies should be required to pay developers for any open source software they use.

He imagines a simple yearly compliance process that gets companies all the rights they need to use Post-Open software. And they’d fund developers who would be encouraged to write software that’s usable by the common person, as opposed to technical experts.

It’s an interesting concept, but I don’t really see any feasible means to get this to kick off.

What are your thoughts on it?

  • library_napper@monyet.cc
    26·
    11 months ago

    Fuck no. A small business that is struggling to survive should be able to use WordPress for their website and Linux for their laptops without paying

    • Actual@programming.devOPEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      The fee could be really small but scale depending on factors like business size. Or there could be no fee outright for businesses smaller than a certain size.

      • baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
        8·
        11 months ago

        That still sounds like a lot of confusion for small companies. especially given most FOSS is provided as-is without any legal consultant avaliable.

        • jaeme@lemmy.ml
          61·
          11 months ago

          It’s also against the very idea of software freedoms in the first place. This is just reinventing proprietary licenses.