Geoffroy Couprie personal blog

FOSS is free as in toilet

unhandledexpression.com 2 min read

I am a bit dissatisfied with the use of the Tragedy of the commons to represent issues with free and open source software development. It is not an abstract resource that can be depleted when overused. It is not magically maintained if left alone.

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