Trust is key in open source
The key to making an open source business model work lies is one word. Trust.
Trust is a two-way street. Vendors have to trust that their community is giving them an honest shot at profit. The community must trust that the vendor is going to stay true to the open source path.
When trust disappears, both sides lose.
The trouble in maintaining trust is financial pressure. Vendors feel it acutely. Every dollar they spend writing open source code, supporting their users, or (most important) marketing their product is a dollar they have to get back, somehow — and then some.
Community members don't feel this pressure in quite the same way.
Also:
You know, trust is pretty important to me. I put a lot of faith in the people I trust. Much of the ethos and structure behind free software is based upon trusting people. This has always been important to me, and part of the fabric of my life, long before I ever joined our community.
As such, I take being a trustable person very seriously, firstly because it defines me as a human being, and secondly because it is a quality I look for in people and I expect to reciprocate it.
So, why am I writing about trust?
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