Comment by kartan
7 years ago
> Open Source, as adopted currently, is a flawed model that valors corporate protection more than end-user freedom.
I see your point, and I mostly agree.
I would like to differentiate between Open Source organizations - like Linux Foundation, Apache Foundation or Mozilla Foundation - and mixed organizations like Oracle (owns MySQL), RedHat (owns too many to list), etc.
The first ones represent the pure Open Source approach. Were the software and how it better serves humanity is their main concerns. The second ones are just business that see in Open Source and gratis (free as in beer) software a way to get a bigger user base and to kill any possibility of competitors from the bottom as new entries cannot compete as easily with products that you do not need to pay for.
Real Open Source foundations are fundamental for a functional global software industry. The other ones bring value, but they use Open Source projects as a weapon against competitors, not as something for the good of its users. And that ones are the ones that value corporate protection more than end-user freedom.
most projects on those incubators are there to die a slow death after being abandoned by the group you call "open source corporations"
> to die a slow death
The operative word is here slow. Software is taken to the ASL by its backers so they can extract as much benefit as possible for as long as possible. They get an ASL Vice-Presidency position which they tout on their CV's. No upgrades to new major versions, just the current version milked via consulting and conferences.