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Thoughts on Post-Open Source? (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

wouldn't a company like best buy have millions of dollars of inventory of TVs?

[–] mo_ztt 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They were selling TVs with GPL-licensed software inside without complying with the terms of the GPL. When challenged, their defense was some version of "But it’s completely free for anyone to use!"

They didn't have to give up every one of their TVs of any model, just the infringing models (the ones that used Busybox without complying with the GPL).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What did they infringe on?

[–] mo_ztt 3 points 6 months ago

Busybox