• Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      6 months ago

      Open source projects have no potential for long term profitability unless those projects get support from for profit companies, thus compromising the nature of open source.

      • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        Not all FOSS projects need to be profitable to survive. IOW if a project cannot survive without being profitable and it cannot be profitable long-term, then it cannot survive long-term.