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posted by chromas on Friday February 15 2019, @10:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the yes dept.

Motherboard:

On the surface, the open source software community has never been better. Companies and governments are adopting open source software at rates that would’ve been unfathomable 20 years ago, and a whole new generation of programmers are cutting their teeth on developing software in plain sight and making it freely available for anyone to use. Go a little deeper, however, and the cracks start to show.

The ascendancy of open source has placed a mounting burden on the maintainers of popular software, who now handle more bug reports, feature requests, code reviews, and code commits than ever before. At the same time, open source developers must also deal with an influx of corporate users who are unfamiliar with community norms when it comes to producing and consuming open source software. This leads to developer burnout and a growing feeling of resentment toward the companies that rely on free labor to produce software that is folded into products and sold back to consumers for huge profits.

The Free Rider Problem rears its head again?


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @10:51PM (22 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @10:51PM (#801802)

    who now handle more bug reports, feature requests, code reviews, and code commits than ever before. At the same time, open source developers must also deal with an influx of corporate users who are unfamiliar with community norms

    This is why free software needs a Linux or a Stallman, someone who knows how to tell the proprietaries where to stick it. But if you let in the Bruces or Erics, or Marks, you end up with Open Sores. Just saying. Saw it coming!

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday February 15 2019, @11:18PM (19 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday February 15 2019, @11:18PM (#801816) Homepage

    We saw what all happened to Linus. He turned out to be a fizzle like Donald Trump*, it just took him a little while. He was overrun by the army of Jewish and minority pink-hairs who successfully exploited the fracture points and diluted not only the mission but the kernel itself by starting petty squabbles and other distractions about non-issues.

    The only way future open source projects will succeed is run the project like a real dictatorship -- to force the rabble to pick a side, and if they choose to go against the dictator, then they leave the project or be shot. If I were Linus I'd fork it and have my most loyal followers join me in my new kernel project called Fag-free.

    * Watching American politics is like watching a WWF match in which millions of jobs and lives are at stake, but for the sake of entertainment and my own ass, Trump better pull something magical out of his own

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:02AM (#801847)

      looool, almost worth tanking the country just to see you fucktards get yours

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:46AM (15 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:46AM (#801865)

      I'm no fan of that bunch of power-mad community-manipulating bad actors passing themselves off as SJW's.

      However, the fact that the E-F's comment above is so highly rated despite its cliche white supremacist rhetoric says really bad things about this community.

      Kindness (or rather simply avoiding being unnecessarily unpleasant and abusive), empathy, giving others the benefit of the doubt, and constructively criticizing the code rather than attacking the coder are laudable and reasonable goals. It's what Capt. Picard would do.

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:57AM (5 children)

        by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:57AM (#801869) Homepage

        You don't win with kindness. You win with force.

        • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:02AM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:02AM (#801885)

          You don't win with kindness. You win with force.

          We're talking about software bugs, not an enemy military. But maybe you have a point about force - you would need to apply it to me, as you certainly haven't persuaded me with your writing.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:10AM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:10AM (#801890)

            As in, not at all.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:24AM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:24AM (#801895)

              Ah, I see. Editing text == force. Got it.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @11:44AM

                by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @11:44AM (#802002)

                Ah, I see. Editing text == force. Got it.

                Holey Shite! A Jedi master right here on SoylentNews!

                "May the Text-editing be with you."

        • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Codesmith on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:09PM

          by Codesmith (5811) on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:09PM (#802049)

          The problem with that argument and by extension, your kind of person, is that there's always somebody with more force. I have the abiltiy to be the bigger asshole, but I find it much more productive to work with those around me to achieve better results.

          In the real world, acting as you do will, at best, get you kicked out of a group. Seeing as you are continuing to mumble on about your own aggrievement to me that either you have not yet had the lesson of the 'biggest stick' applied to you, or you're just a troll in mom's basement hoping she'll bring down your plate of nachos.

          --
          Pro utilitate hominum.
      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:59AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:59AM (#801870)

        However, the fact that the E-F's comment above is so highly rated despite its cliche white supremacist rhetoric says really bad things about this community.

        We all know EF but it's a stretch to conflate the moderation with "white supremacy" when the comment is calling out that exact bullshit accusation.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @06:05AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @06:05AM (#801957)

          Fair enugh The comment was a 4 when I posted. It's down to a 1 now. Perhaps I should have been more patient. In any event, thanks for considering my view.

      • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @01:51AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @01:51AM (#801881)

        bad actors passing themselves off as SJW's

        You are suggesting that SJWs are good people out to save the world, which is exactly what a propagandist would say.

        "These bad actors passing themselves off as communists do not care about the goal of the country"

        etc

        It looks like you are one of them SJWs, sent here by the khazar jewish rats to break, divide and destroy the community, to create confusion. A JIDF agent like a few others who get paid to write comment like the above. I've seen your kind and a sharp eye can tell you from any other user. Which is why you no longer write comments by logging in because you get exposed very quickly here.

        • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:22AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:22AM (#801894)

          You are suggesting that SJWs are good people out to save the world, which is exactly what a propagandist would say.

          Nice comeback, Adolf.

          We're all in this together. 'All men are created equal' - noted propagandist T. Jefferson.

        • (Score: 2) by exaeta on Sunday February 17 2019, @02:48AM

          by exaeta (6957) on Sunday February 17 2019, @02:48AM (#802322) Homepage Journal
          What an interesting observation. You're saying that JDIF is behind the SJWs? Any evidence for that?
          --
          The Government is a Bird
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:01AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:01AM (#801906)

        However, the fact that the E-F's comment above is so highly rated despite its cliche white supremacist rhetoric says really bad things about this community.

        You're free to GTFO. Would be better for your virtue signalling cred too.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:28AM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:28AM (#801913)

          i>You're free to GTFO. Would be better for your virtue signalling cred too.

          I'm also free to stay and comment as long as I am no less civil than those I reply to. As is everyone here.

          Or is ethnic hate a TOS requirement for an account here? If so, just confirm by replying to this and I'll fuck right off, no harm no foul.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @04:45AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @04:45AM (#801933)

            You're also free to stay. I guess you like hanging with us racists then...

            • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @04:57AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @04:57AM (#801935)

              You're also free to stay. I guess you like hanging with us racists then...

              I like the site. I just disagree with some of you. I might come over to your dark side if you had tastier cookies. The SJW dark side cookies are vegan and icky. :-)

    • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:08AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:08AM (#801888)

      IIRC, Linus sabotaged himself by raising a NPC daughter. It was only after she became involved that his tune began changing.

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:54AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:54AM (#801904)

        Yeah, he finally realized how it felt to be on the other side of his assholery. Having high standards and enforcing them is great. Needless abuse isn't.

        Bro-coder: Your code sucks, you suck. gonna cry now, titty-baby?
        SJW: White male? Patch denied. Back of the bus, privileged pig.
        Everybody else: Hmm, I have a problem with your code, and I feel you can do better. Let's discuss.

        After seventh lousy patch submission:
        Bro-coder: You suck. Are you an SJW?
        SJW: Entitled brogrammer scum.
        Everybody else: I'm passionate about shipping quality code. Your code continues to be woefully sub-standard. Pleasr get some training and try again after I leave this project.

  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday February 15 2019, @11:27PM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Friday February 15 2019, @11:27PM (#801824) Homepage Journal

    The Prosecution Rests.

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    Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @11:48AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @11:48AM (#802003)

    How is ESR these days? Is his Patreon account blocked for racism, of gun-loving, or young girl chasing? If not, probably should be.