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
    -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.