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i think the 2005-2015 era open source boom was built on a nice job environment where people had a little free time and employers believed in creativity the free time dried up, everyone burned out, 2015-2025 open source has been explicitly targeted toward getting funding & making money. what's next?

JauntyWunderKind

@jauntywunderkind.bsky.social

14 Oct 2025

The critique that open source grew to serve industry but not users resounds with me. Open source has lost its way as a meaningful spiritual beacon by becoming something mostly for developers.

Boris

@bmann.ca

This is pretty much where I’ve ended up in looking to @getdweb.net principles rather than “open source” as an organizing principle bmannconsulting.com/notes/dweb/ “Technology for Human Agency” and “Distributed Benefits” I can get behind without even getting into what license someone picks.

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