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Remember that there is no single or homogeneous "Open Source community". It is an enormously huge, loosely coupled bunch of humans, each with their own goals, ideas and expectations. The few foundations we have don't cover more than just a small fraction of the Open Source done in the world made by millions of humans and some companies.

Don't expect the foundations to necessarily be on your side or view OSS like you do.

Mar 26, 2025 at 7:46amWeb
Show threadJan JohannessonMar 26, 2025
@bagder Absolutely. true. Something that every Open Source user should know.
Show threadThierry CarrezMar 26, 2025
@bagder A good analogy is music and the record labels. While some artists (projects) use a label (foundation) to help record, promote, handle lawsuits or hold concerts (events), you can argue that most music is produced outside of that system.
Show threadPeter KovářMar 26, 2025
@bagder We need Sustainable Open Source. Abbreviated S.O.S.
Show threadBasil BerntsenMar 26, 2025
@bagder I would also argue that volunteer experts are not alone capable of making a compelling open source code base. Most of the toil is done by paid workers in successful open source projects.
Show threadMustaque AhmedMar 26, 2025
@bagder well said!
Show threadgaryMar 26, 2025
@bagder opensource - it ain't for everybody