> Does open source matter anymore?

I mean, did it ever? It depends what you mean. Very few open source or free software projects are successful in any meaningful sense.

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Thrymr 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Considering that the whole industry, including the big AI companies, is built on top of open source now, I would have to say it did matter. That doesn't mean every project mattered (in a larger sense), but certainly thousands of open source projects have value, and dozens have contributed enormous value. The fact that the value has been disconnected from the maintainers has been a problem for a long time, but it is getting worse, and this is one example of a maintainer near the breaking point.

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zeroonetwothree 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I feel like projects can be successful without being popular.

	▲	emodendroket 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		To me the "open source" model implies something about community development and people sharing or otherwise using it. Otherwise what does it matter if it's open or closed source?