Why does Humane Tech need to be open source?

[aschrijver]

Broadening the discussion a bit from the OP’s original scope…

@aschrijver

Also - and not referring to you, but in general - it is an utter shame that so many people look down upon FOSS, while open-source has arguably eaten the world. FOSS developers, by their principles and pursuit of things close to their heart, have made it hard to eek out a living from their work. And their work is all-too-easily profited from or even exploited by others, including and especially Big Tech.

I am very happy to be both involved with FOSS and Fediverse, and spend my spare time advocating and helping to bring it to more prominence.

I see in FOSS and new revenue models that are being explored in the creation of FOSS products, a real way forward where humane technology leaders emerge from.