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why does everyone want to own the libs

as an open source developer i own multiple libs

i would happily pay people to take them from me

you do not want to own libs. its so much work

1 Jun 2023 at 23:52 | Open on buttplug.engineer
25 comments
allison

@qdot everyone wants to own libs until they get stuck in dependency hell

1 Jun 2023 at 23:55 | Open on friend.camp
Furball

@qdot nobody actually OWNS libs anymore it’s just a monthly licensing agreement.

2 Jun 2023 at 0:04 | Open on tiggi.es
GlennMG

@Furball @qdot
I just receive a direct deposit.
Easy peasey. πŸ˜‰

2 Jun 2023 at 1:08 | Open on mas.to
aburka 🫣

@Furball @qdot Owning the libs? In THIS economy?!

2 Jun 2023 at 5:53 | Open on hachyderm.io
Rob Hafner :verified_flashing:

@qdot I have two libraries that are popular but they're in a language I haven't professionally used since 2013. I'm not sure I can recommend it. In fact I'm pretty sure I can't.

2 Jun 2023 at 0:40 | Open on hachyderm.io
ghorwood↙↙↙

@tedivm @qdot wait, *you're* the guy who wrote securesocial for scala play! ?

2 Jun 2023 at 3:11 | Open on mastodon.social
Rob Hafner :verified_flashing:

@ghorwood @qdot Nope, I'm actually going to use scala for the first time next week for a different project. I was referring to my PHP Libraries, JShrink and Stash.

2 Jun 2023 at 12:10 | Open on hachyderm.io
Jacob the JacobinπŸŒΉπŸ•ŠοΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@qdot I mean I could get some libs for free and send in patches for say libcurses quite easily.

2 Jun 2023 at 0:58 | Open on tech.lgbt
edgeworth boxlord

@qdot frankly i prefer renting to owning

2 Jun 2023 at 1:22 | Open on bayes.club
Owen Nelson

@qdot once you own the libs, they very quickly start to Own You !!

2 Jun 2023 at 1:27 | Open on mastodon.social
m3t00🌎

@qdot@buttplug.engineer
I could see black hats offering money for libs. Especially widely included libs. Thinking of a recent USG hack. SolarWinds, long read
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/985439655/a-worst-nightmare-cyberattack-the-untold-story-of-the-solarwinds-hack

2 Jun 2023 at 5:12 | Open on calckey.social
Jenny :lesbian_flag:πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@qdot # chown jenn:jenn lib*.so

Ha! Libs owned!

…wait. Nothing works anymore. 😲

2 Jun 2023 at 5:15 | Open on lgbtqia.space
Zlasha

@qdot Lololol took me a second glance to get this

2 Jun 2023 at 6:04 | Open on mastodon.online
JessπŸ‘Ύ

@qdot The solution: just become a lib slumlord. Own all the libs, don't bother to maintain any, and drink the tears of those who use them.

2 Jun 2023 at 6:13 | Open on infosec.exchange
Jeff Smith

@qdot Owning is so 2010s. Everything is subscription now.

2 Jun 2023 at 6:21 | Open on mastodon.nz
Greger

@qdot The trick is to only make stuff nobody wants to use. Then it will be so much less work.

2 Jun 2023 at 8:37 | Open on snabelen.no
dotoscat

@qdot explain the context, please.

2 Jun 2023 at 10:32 | Open on mastodon.xyz
Alfonso Urdaneta

@dotoscat @qdot

En InglΓ©s own the libs significa ganar un argumento con un liberal (izquierda). De punto de vista de un programador, significa ser dueΓ±o de una librerΓ­a, que es generalmente trabajo sin recompensa.

2 Jun 2023 at 11:14 | Open on hachyderm.io
SΓΆren

@qdot you merely owned the libs. I was born in them, molded by them.

2 Jun 2023 at 13:27 | Open on norden.social
kieran

@qdot rms has owned so many libs

2 Jun 2023 at 16:40 | Open on hom.ph
𝙉 π™Š 𝙍 π™ˆ 𝙄 𝙀

@qdot you don't have the libs for this program, would you like to download them?
Y/N :blobcatgrimacing: err

2 Jun 2023 at 16:41 | Open on tech.lgbt
Sham :loading:

@qdot Those who want to "own the libs" have never experienced the compatibility issues that arise.

2 Jun 2023 at 16:54 | Open on mastodon.coffee
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