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Open source maintenance fee (opensourcemaintenancefee.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw this some time ago and wasn't really sure how to feel about it. On one hand it's good to make corporations compensate maintainers, but I also don't want to be forced to ask for a fee because my project uses another project that uses this.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It’s not free and open source.

I am not exactly defending this particular scheme but the source code is available under a free software license. It's only the binaries that are under a proprietary EULA.

No part of a free software license requires that binaries be made available (gratis or otherwise) or that users be allowed to submit bug reports or feature requests. It is also not against the free software movement philosophy to sell free software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I am not exactly defending this particular scheme but the source code is available under a free software license. It's only the binaries that are under a proprietary EULA.

I'll believe it after review and approval by the OSI. It still is philosophically in direct conflict with the Open-Source Movement by making software less accessible to end users and especially non-technical users than it is to corpos.