Hacker News Reader

Only here to reply. For context, I worked on open source while at a “closed source” company and founded a “closed source” company. I want to address at least a part of the open/closed pet peeve.

The problem, in general is not about “unpure” OSS.

The problem is “free riding” by slapping “open source” marketing without any real or meaningful open source contribution, nor any intent.

Fair source, open core, non-commercial, "do not compete with us" / "no reselling", and MAU/MRR caps are all better than closed source.

We should be happy when companies do this.

There is no ‘purest form of open source’. There is software that meets the open source definition and software that doesn’t. If you’re on HN it’s surprising you’re not aware of this.

stallman is from the free software movement which doesn’t agree with open source since FSF is concerned with moral freedoms.

Don't forget praising a completely closed competitors with zero sense of irony.