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submitted 1 year ago by da_g@feddit.it to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I don't get why big companys are afraid of open source software.

I know that monetizing open source is hard but in exchange they would have 8 billion programmers ready, for free!

Even if they do like redhat , as controversial as it is right now, they would be better off than just closing the source.

I would be willing to pay to have the license to modify my own software even if I couldn't redistribute it afterwards.

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[–] SwingingKoala@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you lump all "open source" software into one pile it's hard to discuss this topic at all as licenses are widely different.

[–] da_g@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The one that redhat uses, I don't know the name

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Redhat uses a massive variety of open source software. They package entire operating systems.

It really varies.