<story><title>The Asymmetry of Open Source</title><url>https://matt.life/writing/the-asymmetry-of-open-source</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>satvikpendem</author><text>What an even-handed article that acts as essentially a how-to guide on running an OSS product.&lt;p&gt;I have always held the notion that Open Source Is Not A Business Model; just because you build it does not mean that you are entitled to money, especially if you willingly give it out for free.&lt;p&gt;Just like any startup, you must find product market fit and generate revenue. It&amp;#x27;s heartening to see the same philosophy in OSS as well. Treat it like any other commercial product, not as something special.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Asymmetry of Open Source</title><url>https://matt.life/writing/the-asymmetry-of-open-source</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>peschu</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know if your underlying assumption holds at all.&lt;p&gt;In the end the GPL resolves these issues and enforces stuff. Obviously most companies don&amp;#x27;t want that for different reasons.&lt;p&gt;Without GPL, as a company you take the code and if neccessary at some point, you employ somebody to further develop it in house (when maintainer gives up or something).&lt;p&gt;Why pay and share and give that advantage to your competitors?&lt;p&gt;The key to open source is when governments develop policies for using open source instead of paying licenses for proprietary software and maybe pressure from customers to companies which use open source software.&lt;p&gt;But average people don&amp;#x27;t know and don&amp;#x27;t care at all about open source ... :(</text></comment>