Puts Chief Tightwad Officers on notice

Drivers passing through San Francisco have a new roadside distraction to consider: billboards calling out businesses that don’t cough up for the open source code that they use.

The signs are the work of the Open Source Pledge – a group that launched earlier this month. It asks businesses that make use of open source code to pledge $2,000 per developer to support projects that develop the code. So far, 25 companies have signed up – but project co-founder Chad Whitacre wants bigger firms to pay their dues, too.

  • TunaCowboy
    10•27 days ago

    You get to choose the license (or write your own) when you develop software. If you don’t want a permissive license don’t license your software that way, your motivation clearly doesn’t align with these licenses anyway.

    Seems intentionally adversarial.

    • @[email protected]
      5•27 days ago

      If you don’t want a permissive license don’t license your software that way, your motivation clearly doesn’t align with these licenses anyway.

      Why does asking for money not align with the licenses?

      • TunaCowboy
        -1•27 days ago

        I never said it does, are you intentionally ignoring the context in which my comment was made?

        I have no love for the c-suite, but framing the OP as simply ‘asking for money’ is either ignorant or disingenuous.

        • @[email protected]
          1•26 days ago

          Yes you have. Please explain to me the additional context. I seem to not grasp it.

          What else are they doing then asking? Doing some marketing around it? If you get pressured by that you should not lead a company.