How do we force FOSS devs to make their software compatible and reliable instead of every single one of them inventing their own configuration formats and changing them (without backward compatibility) on every update constantly breaking stuff?

>>105868778 (OP)
>how do i force people i've never given a dime or even a kind word to do what I want?
you don't, nigger. get a job and some money and then you can start calling shots

>>105868778 (OP)
You could become a contributor or fork them and keep them compatible and reliable
You are prepared to put in the work, right? You're not just trying to get other people to work for free?

>>105868800
>You're not just trying to get other people to work for free?
Isn't that what FOSS is all about?

>>105868823
no it's about working on and using what you want to

>>105868823
FOSS is about doing whatever the fuck you want, and not stopping others from doing whatever the fuck they want. Doing whatever the fuck other people want, that you do not want to do, is called employment

>>105868833
How can I use it when it's not working?

>>105868840
>and not stopping others from doing whatever the fuck they want
okay, I’m going to take your code, put it in my proprietary app and sell it.

>>105868840
Most important FOSS contributors are working under employment.

>>105868842
have the skillset the people who use it have, contribute, make your own that does what you want, or use something else
many options

>>105868847
You can't do that, because I don't want my code to be used without a share-alike licence. You can make your code and do whatever the fuck you want, or you can respect my license and use my code however the fuck you want but share your modifications

>>105868847
you're not going to do anything because you just consoom and complain. But if it's licensed for that, then it's licensed for that. Nobody is stopping you.

>>105868842
The source is open so you read how to use it, fix it if needed then use it you troglodyte
I've made simple patches on foss shit I wanted to compile on my own machine so itd work, its not hard

>>105868849
Well, have you tried paying them to implement the modifications you want?

>>105868778 (OP)
linus deliberately nuked his install to give linux a bad rap
>Yes, do as I say!

>>105868869
>I don't want my code to be used without a share-alike licence
tough shit, you are “stopping others from doing whatever the fuck they want”, which goes against your precious tenant uttered mere moments ago.

Seethe.

>>105868914
And they're stopping me from doing what I want with my code - to prevent my work from being used selfishly. Since we can't both have what we want at the same time, my wishes take precedence because it's my code

Cope.

>>105868932
>my wishes take precedent
nope.
if i put my full name and number on the internet, people can use them however they would wish.
Same goes for your code.
Don’t like it? Obfuscate it and don’t share it.

>>105868938
and yet, you won't do a damn thing

>>105868938
My code is protected by a licence

>>105868954
as grsecurity proves, no one gives a fuck about freecuck licensing lmao

>>105868914
Copyleft exists to remove the threat of malicious IP trolls and Embrace, Extend, Extinguish bullshit that would otherwise tear through the industry like crack through a ghetto.
Copyleft would not need to exist if Copyright wasn't a massive grift.