Once everybody patched their Log4j dependencies and went back from holidays, it's time to process, what just happened.
In his article Professional Maintainers: a Wake-up Call Filippo Valsorda argues that the current open-source model is unsustainable. Thus, the only viable alternative to solve this status-quo, in his onion, is for open-source maintainers to start issuing invoices to companies that require support or new features.
I know that such maintainers already exist, but this is definitely not a common practice.
Anyways, there are so many non-sustainable things in this world and our usual way of solving them is to pretend that they don't exist. So, let this article be just an invitation to think about the current state of affairs.
P.S. If you're a maintainer or a contributor to an open-source project, you're doing a god's work! Thank you!
#open_source #culture
In his article Professional Maintainers: a Wake-up Call Filippo Valsorda argues that the current open-source model is unsustainable. Thus, the only viable alternative to solve this status-quo, in his onion, is for open-source maintainers to start issuing invoices to companies that require support or new features.
I know that such maintainers already exist, but this is definitely not a common practice.
Anyways, there are so many non-sustainable things in this world and our usual way of solving them is to pretend that they don't exist. So, let this article be just an invitation to think about the current state of affairs.
P.S. If you're a maintainer or a contributor to an open-source project, you're doing a god's work! Thank you!
#open_source #culture
Filippo Valsorda
Professional maintainers: a wake-up call
Open Source software runs the Internet, and by extension the economy. This is an undisputed fact about reality in 2021. And yet, the role of Open Source maintainer has failed to mature from a hobby into a proper profession.
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Ok, the bot is online again!
Yesterday, I watched a video from KubeCon NA by Denys Vasyliev (in Ukrainian), and at some point they were discussing the dusk of open source, because the major players shifted their focus towards monetization and proprietary solutions.
And just today, I learned that Minio (S3-compatible storage) has been moved into the "maintenance" mode.
Here's a discussion on Reddit about the alternatives.
#open_source #minio
Yesterday, I watched a video from KubeCon NA by Denys Vasyliev (in Ukrainian), and at some point they were discussing the dusk of open source, because the major players shifted their focus towards monetization and proprietary solutions.
And just today, I learned that Minio (S3-compatible storage) has been moved into the "maintenance" mode.
Here's a discussion on Reddit about the alternatives.
#open_source #minio
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