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  1. #OpenSource: Free for You, Profitable for Them.

    OpenSource means: #software where the #sourcecode is freely available and often costs nothing. Sounds great, but there is a catch.

    #Companies like #Microsoft, #Google and #Amazon fund large #OpenSource #projects not out of #idealism, but because they build profitable #cloudservices on top of them and pocket the money.

    Small #developers who charge for their work barely stand a chance against "free". Yet thousands of hours go into these projects. The #maintainers, the people who keep these projects alive, often work unpaid until they hit #burnout.

    #Free does not automatically mean ethical. It is often just convenient.

    #FOSS #FreeSoftware #BigTech #Digitalization #Privacy #Linux #Community #Tech #OpenSourceSoftware

  2. 👾 Ah, behold, the 21st-century digital archeologists! 🕵️‍♂️ They've reconstructed the source code of Commander Keen 1-3, because apparently, that's the pinnacle of human achievement in 2023. 🏆 Let's gather 'round and marvel at the relentless pursuit of the utterly irrelevant! 🚀
    pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=18248 #digitalarcheology #CommanderKeen #sourcecode #retrogaming #technews #humanachievement #HackerNews #ngated

  3. 🔍 Người dùng đang tìm mã nguồn GPL cho TV JVC dùng chipset Mstar T22. Quy trình yêu cầu JVC gửi CD qua bưu điện và trả phí, gây khó khăn. Ai đã từng yêu cầu và nhận mã nguồn từ JVC chưa? #GPL #OpenSource #JVC #Linux #Mstar #SourceCode #PhầnMềmMãNguồn

    reddit.com/r/opensource/commen