Submission + - Will Companies Cut Open Source Investment Because Of COVID-19? (www.tfir.io)
sfcrazy writes: In this interview, Rob Hirschfeld, fears that COVID-19 may have a drastic effect on Open Source. "The idea that big companies are maintaining open-source projects for the community good is going to get tested, as companies look for places where they can conserve revenue. I think that’s a really critical thing." he said, "The same is going to be true with open-source startups that are hoping to monetize support or consulting but have no real gate across the front of their infrastructure. So, companies might decide they can use the open-source project and not pay the sustaining engineers that are working in that project. These are really serious concerns about the whole open-source model, which relies on the goodwill and free money."