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Ask HN: What are the use-cases for open-source projects these days?

1 pointsby __jamboabout 2 years ago
Been a bit out of the loop, wanted to build two projects in the AI space, I used to support the idea of open-source but I am finding the online world increasingly hostile, and I&#x27;d prefer to work with like 3 people in a cabin in the forest somewhere.<p>It also feels like maintainers of these projects are just seen as slave labour.<p>What is the &#x27;status&#x27; of recent and new open source projects? When does it make sense?

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yjftsjthsd-habout 2 years ago
Just because you publish a project as FOSS doesn&#x27;t mean that you owe anyone anything, even collaboration. It would be polite to document if you don&#x27;t want to, but that&#x27;s it.