| > If we do Open Source Hiri, there is nothing to stop someone from forking it and selling it for less /offering it for free. Tbsync developers have no problem with that. > Also, you literally trust your life to proprietary software every time you jump into a car or onto a plane. Is that a good thing? People do it out of lack of choice, not because they want to. Trusting closed software for communication purposes is especially bad in the age of mass surveillance, so Hiri is actually not an example to be used if you are so interested in pitching for closed software. > There is ample evidence that companies competing using proprietary knowledge is actually a pretty good model for more productivity / technological progress. It’s why we have anti-trust laws. Laws which aren't working for the most part because they have been diluted by monopolists / oligopolists to completely toothless state. > I believe the Linux community should embrace proprietary software with open arms No, thanks. Linux doesn't need to become another macOS. There are cases when proprietary software has no alternatives, but encouraging such situations isn't something to aim for. |