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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 14 Mar 2019 to 17 Sept 2026.
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LLMs Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Charging large companies for a licence sends them back through procurement, so they drift to a worse free alternative rather than pay. Charging large companies for a licence sends them back through procurement, so they drift to a worse free alternative rather than pay. Last stated 11 months ago
16 Nov 2025
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Thomas Depierre — holds since 2025-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Open source won because it let companies bypass procurement, legal review and contracts, not because it was free of charge. — tap to centre the map on it Open source won because it let companies bypass procurement, legal review and contracts, not because it was free of charge. Last stated 11 months ago
16 Nov 2025
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Thomas Depierre — holds since 2025-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: New licences are the wrong lever for paying maintainers: copyleft’s history shows terms companies ignore, and relicensing attempts get beaten back by their own communities. — tap to centre the map on it New licences are the wrong lever for paying maintainers: copyleft’s history shows terms companies ignore, and relicensing attempts get beaten back by their own communities. Last stated 8 years ago
14 Mar 2019
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Nadia Asparouhova — holds since 2019-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If a company wants a maintainer to work to its standards, it has to start paying them under a different licence first. — tap to centre the map on it If a company wants a maintainer to work to its standards, it has to start paying them under a different licence first. Last stated 4 years ago
31 Dec 2022
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Thomas Depierre — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Companies are willing to pay for their critical open source dependencies; what is missing is a legible way for projects to sell it to them. — tap to centre the map on it Companies are willing to pay for their critical open source dependencies; what is missing is a legible way for projects to sell it to them. Last stated 2 years ago
8 Jul 2024
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Filippo Valsorda — holds since 2024-07-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Free software is meant to be exploited commercially, and the licence’s terms are the whole of what a company owes in return. — tap to centre the map on it Free software is meant to be exploited commercially, and the licence’s terms are the whole of what a company owes in return. Last stated 5 years ago
18 Dec 2021
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Drew DeVault — holds since 2021-12-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Paying for open source is not a precondition of its sustainability; large projects can thrive while rejecting market-based terms entirely. — tap to centre the map on it Paying for open source is not a precondition of its sustainability; large projects can thrive while rejecting market-based terms entirely. Last stated 5 years ago
13 Dec 2021
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2021-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The same absence of contracts and lawyers that let companies adopt open source freely is what let experts publish it, and raising the bar would break both. — tap to centre the map on it The same absence of contracts and lawyers that let companies adopt open source freely is what let experts publish it, and raising the bar would break both. Last stated 11 months ago
16 Nov 2025
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Thomas Depierre — holds since 2025-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Permissive licences are the better way to release free software and free content, because they maximise adoption. — tap to centre the map on it Permissive licences are the better way to release free software and free content, because they maximise adoption. Last stated a year ago
7 Jul 2025
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Vitalik Buterin — no longer holds since 2025-07-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft. — tap to centre the map on it A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft. Last stated a year ago
26 Jun 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coding agents make doing things on Linux far more approachable. — tap to centre the map on it Coding agents make doing things on Linux far more approachable. Last stated 5 months ago
8 Jun 2026
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Ben Vinegar — holds since 2026-06-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Desktop Linux improved dramatically while Apple's users were not watching, and is now far more polished and capable than its reputation. — tap to centre the map on it Desktop Linux improved dramatically while Apple's users were not watching, and is now far more polished and capable than its reputation. Last stated a year ago
26 Aug 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A breached organisation owes its customers a fast and transparent disclosure, and that obligation applies to the person saying it too. — tap to centre the map on it A breached organisation owes its customers a fast and transparent disclosure, and that obligation applies to the person saying it too. Last stated 2 years ago
25 Mar 2025
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Troy Hunt — holds since 2025-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A correctly configured TLS server should send its intermediate certificates, not just its own certificate, to let clients chain back to a trusted root. — tap to centre the map on it A correctly configured TLS server should send its intermediate certificates, not just its own certificate, to let clients chain back to a trusted root. Last stated 8 months ago
16 Feb 2026
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Jon Seager — holds since 2026-02-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A library that skips certificate verification by default is unsafe and should not be trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A library that skips certificate verification by default is unsafe and should not be trusted. Last stated 2 years ago
8 Apr 2025
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Phil Hagelberg — holds since 2025-04-08 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Charging large companies for a licence sends them back through procurement, so they drift to a worse free alternative rather than pay.
Holds Read this korrent →
Open source won because it let companies bypass procurement, legal review and contracts, not because it was free of charge.
Holds
New licences are the wrong lever for paying maintainers: copyleft’s history shows terms companies ignore, and relicensing attempts get beaten back by their own communities.
Holds
If a company wants a maintainer to work to its standards, it has to start paying them under a different licence first.
Holds
Companies are willing to pay for their critical open source dependencies; what is missing is a legible way for projects to sell it to them.
Holds
Free software is meant to be exploited commercially, and the licence’s terms are the whole of what a company owes in return.
Holds
Paying for open source is not a precondition of its sustainability; large projects can thrive while rejecting market-based terms entirely.
Holds
The same absence of contracts and lawyers that let companies adopt open source freely is what let experts publish it, and raising the bar would break both.
Holds
Permissive licences are the better way to release free software and free content, because they maximise adoption.
No longer holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft.
Holds
Coding agents make doing things on Linux far more approachable.
Holds
Desktop Linux improved dramatically while Apple's users were not watching, and is now far more polished and capable than its reputation.
Holds
A breached organisation owes its customers a fast and transparent disclosure, and that obligation applies to the person saying it too.
Holds
A correctly configured TLS server should send its intermediate certificates, not just its own certificate, to let clients chain back to a trusted root.
Holds
A library that skips certificate verification by default is unsafe and should not be trusted.
Holds