IMO this problem is bigger that software, their licenses, and the users
the underlying problem is digital assets, their lack of natural exclusivity, and the users and makers of the digital assets in a capitalist market environment.
i.e. this is not about 'the business of open source software'. the real problem is about 'digital assets in a (capitalist) marketplace'
meaning this won't get fixed by considering how to do open source software into a business. we must consider a much larger perspective: "how to have digital assets in a marketplace?" and a preceding hopefully obvious "but why do that in the first place?"
some possible 'viable' options that I've seen that explore this question in a more full sense:
- NFTs ( but I have a weird taste in my mouth 'saying' this)
- API economy (redefining 21st century api-culture? ahhaah get it? it's bee joke)
neither is overwhelmingly convincing... however I do know what I want: megaupload of all culture. we have the technology, but not the social-political capacity
the underlying problem is digital assets, their lack of natural exclusivity, and the users and makers of the digital assets in a capitalist market environment.
i.e. this is not about 'the business of open source software'. the real problem is about 'digital assets in a (capitalist) marketplace'
meaning this won't get fixed by considering how to do open source software into a business. we must consider a much larger perspective: "how to have digital assets in a marketplace?" and a preceding hopefully obvious "but why do that in the first place?"
some possible 'viable' options that I've seen that explore this question in a more full sense:
- NFTs ( but I have a weird taste in my mouth 'saying' this)
- API economy (redefining 21st century api-culture? ahhaah get it? it's bee joke)
neither is overwhelmingly convincing... however I do know what I want: megaupload of all culture. we have the technology, but not the social-political capacity