Not really about the article - but an idea I have been pondering for some time now. How about a software business that would sell licenses for signed copies but distribute everything unsigned under GPL?
My problem of the OSS ecosystem right now is under maintained dependencies that just because they compile and work, means most programs by non-billion dollar firms have a minefield of insecure code inside them.
Has anyone heard about a business like this? In the past security was less important than it is now - so perhaps this is a new opportunity window.
Corporations can:
1. Self-host for free but hire their own engineers/sysadmins to maintain it
2. Pay for a per-seat hosted version from Zammad[2]
3. Self-host and pay for a support contract so that Zammad engineers can maintain it for you[3]
[0] https://github.com/zammad/zammad