Why I turned my back on FOSS

I don&#x27;t know anything about the actual story here and the writing does not help either. Impossible to read, sorry author...<p>He got turned down for a lot of jobs (in shitty ways) despite having published some reasonably successful open-source libraries? How is open source to blame for him not getting a job exactly?

I mean that was an interesting read, but if that person is even half as weird as his writing I don&#x27;t blame the companies.<p>Or the guy was drunk&#x2F;high while writing this, dunno...

Author of libevhtp [1], used in Chromium [2]. He holds 5 patents [3].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ellzey&#x2F;libevhtp" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ellzey&#x2F;libevhtp</a> [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chromium.googlesource.com&#x2F;external&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ellzey&#x2F;libevhtp&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chromium.googlesource.com&#x2F;external&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ellzey...</a> [3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;patents.justia.com&#x2F;inventor&#x2F;mark-ellzey-thomas" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;patents.justia.com&#x2F;inventor&#x2F;mark-ellzey-thomas</a>

Sounds like she should dual license AGPL&#x2F;custom licence her code, require copyright assignments from contributes and charge companies for the custom licence. Then they would be forced to pay her if the work were truely vital to their bottom line.<p>Sounds harsh but what I&#x27;m trying to say is you have to take care of yourself or no-one else will.

I don&#x27;t get what any of this has to do with FLOSS. Seems just American Capitalism as usual?

I recognize this github from some fun c puzzles! The developer is intelligent. What gives? I don&#x27;t understand why it is difficult for someone like that to find employment. Could someone from the bay area give some insight into this kind of thing? The scene is different than that in Boston.

The angst and passive aggression in that post is off the charts - near-manic levels. Based on this alone I&#x27;d say the author is &quot;not a good fit&quot; for my reading preferences, can&#x27;t imagine what working with them would be like.