Comment by Deukhoofd
1 year ago
I really chuckled about how the blog post opens with how great Rusts open-source ecosystem is, and ends with an "anyway, we made our software private and proprietary"
1 year ago
I really chuckled about how the blog post opens with how great Rusts open-source ecosystem is, and ends with an "anyway, we made our software private and proprietary"
That's technically correct, but they listed several ways they contribute back to the OSS ecosystem: PRs, issues, creating new libraries...
This comment makes it seem like all this company does is take, which feels unfair to me
"We keep ScopeDB private and proprietary, while we actively get involved and contribute back to the open-source dependencies, open source common libraries when it’s suitable"
They say they do when suitable (never or rarely).
But that's fine as the licenses allow it. It feels like another company blogging about how great open source to get pr while close sourcing their product.
The older I get the more I understand why gpl variations are superior to bsd if you want to grow the software. Bsd are good for throw away code or standards you want others to adopt.
>This comment makes it seem like all this company does is take, which feels unfair to me
Profit isn't far removed from theft, so maybe this shouldn't feel so unfair.
> Profit isn't far removed from theft
I definitely think there are unethical ways to profit - capitalism needs to be regulated for the good of the consumer/ecosystem/society.
However, I don't believe that a blanket comparison of any type of profit to theft can be useful or correct.
> so maybe this shouldn't feel so unfair
Do you think this company is unethical for writing closed source software and trying to sell it?
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From the title I was really expecting this page to be a tutorial like build-your-own[1].
[1]: https://build-your-own.org/database/
That's why all my useless little crates are AGPL :D
Isn't that pretty much the modern stack? Open source language, framework, and libraries, and proprietary end product?
And then tech companies fire engineers while making record profits.
> I really chuckled about how the blog post opens with how great Rusts open-source ecosystem is, and ends with an "anyway, we made our software private and proprietary"
I mean that's been the prevalent attitude for the entire history of open source. Its easy to laugh until someone replaces you.