Is cash king of open source?
There is an assumption throughout the financial press that since we’re down, cash is king. The extent to which this applies to open source, however, is something which deserves to be questioned.
Certainly any outfit with money to invest, especially if it’s cash flow positive, has a big advantage right now. But in terms of open source what can you buy?
You can’t buy the technology. Even if you take an open source project and make it closed source, you’re still trying to hold water in your hand. You have cut yourself off from the means by which that technology advances.
You can hire the developers. You can take over their employment contracts, as was done this week with SourceLabs. But you had best have another job for them.
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