Graffiti & Open-Source: The tale of Banksy and the good and the bad open source

http://writings.nunojob.com/2012/05/My-Contribution-to-JSConf-2012-The-Good-And-The-Bad-Open-Source.html

by dscape • 14 years ago

38 4 14 years ago

writings.nunojob.com

This is a good post, but I have one bone to pick:

After talking a bit, this person starts giving me grief for working in a closed source solution. I asked him what database solution he used. He happened to use a GPL licensed Open-Source database on which the company that owns the trademark has all the commits. It’s that kind of read only Open-Source.

In all fairness, it's a forkable kind of open-source; think the Jenkins / Hudson split.

(When you're building your company or product on something completely closed-source, you're kinda screwed if they go away.)

dscape• 14 years ago

I agree. When I did it in jsconf I changed the wording a bit, cause it sounded a bit odd and it didn't convey exactly what I wanted :) Still if that's all of your nitpick I can live with that!

klez• 14 years ago

Can you please elaborate on how you changed your wording?

Jun8• 14 years ago

Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop is a fantastic movie about how art is PRed up to stratospheric prices. I interpreted it as a tongue in cheek satire on himself and other street artists.

Graffiti & Open-Source: The tale of Banksy and the good and the bad open source

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