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The fate of "small" open source

(nolanlawson.com)
295 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ef2k ◴[17 Nov 25 00:42 UTC] No.45949896[source]▶
> I’m still trying to figure out what kinds of open source are worth writing in this new era

Is there any upside to opensourcing anything anymore? Anything published today becomes training data for the next model, with no attribution to the original work.

If the goal is to experiment, share ideas, or let others learn from the work, maybe the better default now is "source available", instead of FOSS in the classic sense. It gives people visibility while setting clearer boundaries on how the work can be used.

I learned most of what I know thanks to FOSS projects so I'm still on the fence on this.

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1gn15 ◴[17 Nov 25 02:10 UTC] No.45950283[source]▶
Staying true to free software principles. It's unethical to publish nonfree code or binaries.
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1. llbbdd ◴[17 Nov 25 04:54 UTC] No.45950933[source]▶
Code is only useful if it's used. I could write a ton of code and be buried with it, or publish it for people (or AI software, or dolphins or aliens) to use. Who has the energy to have Anubis measure whether my code, or yours, is ethical enough? I'm going to die someday!