• orrk@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      because having some capital class dictate the project is entirely antithetical to having the choice to contribute, even the AI stuff is just being contributed by a few large companies who want it

      • abessman@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        because having some capital class dictate the project is entirely antithetical to having the choice to contribute

        Why?

        the AI stuff is just being contributed by a few large companies who want it

        Contributing something because you want it is how free software works.

        • orrk@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          yes, and having a subscription based shareholder system is antithetical to this

          • abessman@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            Repeating it doesn’t make it true. As long as the code is released under a FOSS license, the development model doesn’t matter.