als ( als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoFFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugsthenewstack.ioexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1521cross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showpulse_of_truth@infosec.pubfoss
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minus-squarecommunism ( communism@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up39·1 year agoSurely Google has the resources to fix the bugs themselves. Most FOSS projects probably appreciate code contributions more than money.
minus-squaredandelion ( dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-21 year agothis would probably just lead to the corporation taking more and more of a role until they take over development of the FOSS projects they care about, which is a particular nightmare I would prefer to avoid was upset enough when Microsoft bought Github
minus-square0x0 ( 0x0@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWhat are you on about? It’s Google, they’re not gonna just close-source android more and more with every release or something… Oh…
minus-squaredandelion ( dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago😭 Embrace, Extend, Extinguish
Surely Google has the resources to fix the bugs themselves. Most FOSS projects probably appreciate code contributions more than money.
this would probably just lead to the corporation taking more and more of a role until they take over development of the FOSS projects they care about, which is a particular nightmare I would prefer to avoid
was upset enough when Microsoft bought Github
What are you on about? It’s Google, they’re not gonna just close-source android more and more with every release or something…
Oh…
😭
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish