Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access theregister.com/2026/03/25/ope… via @theregister & @sjvn

#Opensource was never "free as in free beer." It's "free as in free speech." With companies making billions from open source, it's time we pay people a real wage.

Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access

Opinion: A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code

^{Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (The Register)}