Re: [open-regulatory-compliance] Open Source Software Stewards and CRA W

[Elizabeth Mattijsen <eclipse@xxxxxx>]

> On 8 Nov 2025, at 11:06, bashi--- via open-regulatory-compliance <open-regulatory-compliance@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Open Source as it stands has two arms.
> One, corporate sponsored arm is paid handsomely.
> The other, people building what they love can be considered a begging hand, for nothing is given there.
> The second hand though does not ask, and is thus not a beggar.  None the less, that hand goes unfed for the software of value it creates.

Indeed, unfed.

But needing to ask a company for support, when that company literally made billions of dollars profit with a system built on Open Source, and getting maybe 50.000 euro / year (in good years), feels like begging to me.

And that's from personal experience.


Elizabeth Mattijsen