Comment by chubot

Comment by chubot 3 months ago

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Would vim or python be created by a company? It’s hard to see how they take jobs away

Open source software is not just different in the license, it’s different in the design

Linux also doesn’t take jobs away - the majority of contributors are paid by companies, afaik

simonw 3 months ago

Right: that's the point. Open source has created millions of jobs by increasing the value that individual software developers can provide.