Haha I mean nothing that was obviously ridiculous, like “Applebee’s, but open source” or something. It was more just really hand-wavy logic around why their product needed something open source, with no really compelling answer.
I think "because everything should be open source" is a fine answer to why something should be open source, even if it doesn't answer the different and more important question about how the company will make money.
If someone is saying it ONLY to make someone give him money it is not good enough answer. My take on this is that a lot of those people just slap "Open Source" on their product to catch people who can invest and care about open source.
If someone does not really care about open source but is just throwing statements around to look good and get money from people, that is not the right way.
mcbits|5 years ago
ozim|5 years ago
If someone is saying it ONLY to make someone give him money it is not good enough answer. My take on this is that a lot of those people just slap "Open Source" on their product to catch people who can invest and care about open source.
If someone does not really care about open source but is just throwing statements around to look good and get money from people, that is not the right way.