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by kemitchell 2726 days ago
The difference between where we think the advantage of open source goes and the reality of who it advantages, overall, is the root of a great deal of confusion and helplessness.

Your point reminded me immediately of this article from late last year:

https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2018/12/21/cycles-oss/

The article's reasoning struck me as fundamentally sound, but it began with the false identification of open with the public, rather than private, interest.

As for your proposal, have a look at the Fair Source License: https://fair.io/

I blogged initial thoughts on Fair, line-by-line, when it came out: https://writing.kemitchell.com/2016/03/30/First-Read-of-the-...

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This post by Stephen Walli is also good: https://medium.com/@stephenrwalli/there-is-still-no-open-sou...

I think Stephen probably coined the "There is no open source business model" expression a couple of years back.