Yeah, I've contributed a lot to OSS (has Sam Altman done so?), and he comes across as a taker.
IMO OSS licences should exclude Silicon Valley parasites until they show a modicum of gratitude.
IMO OSS licences should exclude Silicon Valley parasites until they show a modicum of gratitude.
We need a "professional-courtesy" license. Something like a GPL on steroids that can only ever be distributed as tarballs.
The minute to pass a binary around, the minute you try to deploy with any sort of devops, etc, you have just opted-in for a commercial license, which requires a (modest) yearly fee.
This way, your generosity will gain jobs for a fellow hackers somewhere. Takers still can pay for the benefit of convenience, though.
OSS is supposed to be about donating your time, without asking for anything in return.
Othetwise, you are just as bad as your perception of silicon valley.