Been thinking a lot about what comes after “free software” & “open source.” Both terms were coined when the tech industry (& the world) was a very different place. I think we’ve outgrown them.
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Open source & free software licenses were designed to correct the power imbalance that existed 30 years ago - when large companies selling proprietary software held power over their users. “Take this software for free!” the licenses said. “Fix it yourself if something breaks.”
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You might be interested in this very thoughtful and well written article by Dries Buytaert of Drupal:https://dri.es/balancing-makers-and-takers-to-scale-and-sustain-open-source …