Comment by dariusj18
4 years ago
> Amazon is not doing it for any altruistic reason
The beauty of OSS is that motives don't matter. If Amazon contributes and it's not detrimental in someway to the code, then it's a plus for anyone else who wants to use it.
Precisely! While their business itself may need to be broken up, a community governed OSS project isn't bad for OSS when the alternative is a proprietary license that gives a single corp the ability to not contribute back or be exposed to virality.
All this being said, progressive corporate taxes seem more enticing year after year.