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Thoughts on Post-Open Source? (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 months ago by actual_patience@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[-] library_napper@monyet.cc 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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_patience@programming.dev 8 points 10 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.