Should have made open-source components in some key nodes of the ecosystem popul... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		pishpash 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We should have the ability to run any code we want... Should have made open-source components in some key nodes of the ecosystem popular and profitable. But that was a tall order.

nine_k 5 months ago [–]

Open-source software permeates the Internet infrastructure. Netflix is one of the biggest contributors to FreeBSD code. Tons of TVs run OSS-based stack.

But once it touches the money-extraction path, like DRM, things expectedly lock up.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact