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lemmyreader ( lemmyreader@lemmy.ml )  to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service. - Matrix.org

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Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service. - Matrix.org

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lemmyreader ( lemmyreader@lemmy.ml )  to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service.
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Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
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      And ? Obviously it’s not the for-profit structure which would benefit from donations. VC money is one way of financing things (which has the cash burn rate issue), public money and donations is another, why would changing from one model to another be something bad?

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        @tcit Clearly the foundation is just a PR front for the commercial entity.

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