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Many of todays online businesses wouldnt exist without theopen-sourcecommunity, who write and manage code thats freely available.
What luck for for-profit companies building on the Web today!
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Both companies utilize the open-source software maintained by the WordPress Foundation and Wordpress.org.
And its a lot of users around 40% of websites are running on WordPress software.
But this isnt a debate relegated only to websites.
Its critical that this continues.
Its critical that major corporations see the privilege of utilizing the open-source community and continue to support their work.
Developer Advocate focused on Python and the Web at JetBrains.
Benefits of free and open
The benefits of the open-source initiatives are manyfold.
It seems like a no-brainer for large well-off corporations to support those efforts.
And yet, thats not always the case.
This is why its so important for open-source communities to architect their projects effectively.
Instead, open sourceprojectsshould separate their foundations from commercial entities and establish strong governance.
Separating the public and private means theres less chance of confusion.
Supporting open-source projects ultimately benefits companies as theprogramminglanguage and tech tools they rely on expand.
And Meta invested heavily in fixing issues in building Django-based applications to help them scale Instagram.
Lastly, its a reputation play.
As the conflict between Automattic and WP Engine has shown, developers are a sensitive audience.
Its important that for-profit companies give back to open-source projects to build a positive reputation with developer communities.
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