What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it
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'Our licenses aren't working anymore,' says free software pioneer

TLDR: Companies should be required to pay developers for any open source software they use.

He imagines a simple yearly compliance process that gets companies all the rights they need to use Post-Open software. And they’d fund developers who would be encouraged to write software that’s usable by the common person, as opposed to technical experts.

It’s an interesting concept, but I don’t really see any feasible means to get this to kick off.

What are your thoughts on it?

  • Lmaydev@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    I mean just license it as such right? You can’t say it’s completely free for anyone to use then complain you aren’t getting paid.

    • Actual@programming.devOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Well the question is, how would such a license look like? Or would it be a contract and not a license?

      I guess I should ask a lawyer these questions, but I wanted to see what others here thought about the idea.