>>>"""But what about Godot? He says as if "it's open source so no issue". Yeah but what if the devs stop supporting it? This "community will continue to work on it" is BS: in reality it's usually one or two guys who actually do the actual work.?"""
Exactly.
We like to hate corporate greed and lionize the open source developers. I also hold open source devs in high regard.
BUT.
Open Source Dev have to eat too.
If we want to keep the Open Source ecosystem moving, we do need to find a way to pay them. Even today, a lot of open source projects are supported by individual corporations that keep the devs on payroll to give them time, but that can also lead to influence and lock in, and even abandonment if desired.
Exactly.
We like to hate corporate greed and lionize the open source developers. I also hold open source devs in high regard.
BUT.
Open Source Dev have to eat too.
If we want to keep the Open Source ecosystem moving, we do need to find a way to pay them. Even today, a lot of open source projects are supported by individual corporations that keep the devs on payroll to give them time, but that can also lead to influence and lock in, and even abandonment if desired.