Offtop: a lot of people think that open source is actually sustainable. See this talk on the sustainability of open source by the creator of Ruby on Rails.
Now, I’m not saying that there’s something categorically wrong with developing open source on market-based terms. What I’m saying is that it isn’t a necessary condition of sustainability.
Your quote is misleading.
He said "[FOSS] isn't a necessary condition of sustainability" not that "FOSS is not sustainable"
i.e. It may not automatically make your project sustainable, but it definitely won't stop you from achieving sustainability.
Open-Source projects can still be sustainable.
Open-Source projects can still be sustainable
I tried to say the same thing
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Offtop: a lot of people think that open source is actually sustainable. See this talk on the sustainability of open source by the creator of Ruby on Rails.
Your quote is misleading.
He said "[FOSS] isn't a necessary condition of sustainability" not that "FOSS is not sustainable"
i.e. It may not automatically make your project sustainable, but it definitely won't stop you from achieving sustainability.
Open-Source projects can still be sustainable.
I tried to say the same thing