Comment by kentrado

Comment by kentrado 2 months ago

Open source misses the point of Free Software. The distinction is important.

I have some tips that might help you develop a better relationship with Free Software.

Try to be egotistical about it. Contribute because you want a change in a software you use. If the maintainers are giving you a hard time, fork it with your changes and be happy.

Stop donating to software foundations, you will be disappointed on how they use your money.

Never sign away your rights with a contributor agreement. Fork it and move on.

Use copyleft whenever possible.

goodpoint 2 months ago

egotistical? You are sharing the outputs of your efforts with the whole world.

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palata 2 months ago

I guess the parent means "do it for yourself". I open source my code under copyleft (generally MPLv2 or EUPL, I've come to like EUPL because it applies to SAAS) because I don't think I would make any money from not open sourcing it. By open sourcing under copyleft, I can potentially benefit from improvements by others.
I don't spend much time accepting contributions: I encourage people to fork. But if they make changes that I find interesting, I bring them back. For my benefit.
I do it for me.

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