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Thoughts on Post-Open Source?

www.theregister.com What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it

'Our licenses aren't working anymore,' says free software pioneer

What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it

TLDR: Companies should be required to pay developers for any open source software they use.

He imagines a simple yearly compliance process that gets companies all the rights they need to use Post-Open software. And they'd fund developers who would be encouraged to write software that's usable by the common person, as opposed to technical experts.

It's an interesting concept, but I don't really see any feasible means to get this to kick off.

What are your thoughts on it?

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