Post AzpqtACOxmg5AhLAFk by ramsey@phpc.social
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(DIR) Post #AzpqtACOxmg5AhLAFk by ramsey@phpc.social
2025-11-02T00:19:22Z
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Is there an analogue to open source in any other industry? That is, is there any other profession where people spend their personal time working on hobby projects they give away for free, which others (including companies) use to augment and improve their own projects, adding value to their businesses?Edit: This isn’t a rhetorical question. I’m looking for responses because I’m having trouble coming up with examples from other professions.
(DIR) Post #AzpqtBGL0dQ8TCBp1k by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-11-02T12:43:01Z
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@ramsey In physical space, we tend to want to protect spaces that belong to the commons and are funded and supported from the commons from enclosure.The equivalent of open source would be to have wildlife refuges maintained by volunteers that oil companies can also drill on. Big Tech has successfully co-opted so much that many people believe that wanting to protect the commons from corporate capture is actually a bad thing (“beware of viral licenses”, etc.)
(DIR) Post #AzqAPVhYS2e8Fw38c4 by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2025-11-02T16:22:31Z
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@ramsey Blogging? Making videos for YouTube?.
(DIR) Post #AzqBc5dskZCz9ZtUrQ by ppezziardi@amicale.net
2025-11-02T16:35:57Z
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@bortzmeyer @ramsey answers on Reddit or Quora now digested by AI and used in every business
(DIR) Post #AzqFBQar95kq891LsG by maxtappenden@techhub.social
2025-11-02T17:15:13Z
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@aral @ramsey This analogy is bullshit.
(DIR) Post #AzqIlS6LJgrZ5ucMVs by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-11-02T17:55:14Z
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@maxtappenden @ramsey If you say so, rando.