I’m not sure if this is true. It looks like Amazon makes lots of contributions to open source [0][1]. They don’t literally contribute to every project they use, but think they add lots to the ecosystem.
But even if they contributed nothing at all, that’s part of open source in that it’s free for everyone to use regardless of anything else, depending on the license.
I think it’s a virtuous byproduct that all this free, allowed use leads to people contributing more open source. Not because of compulsion, but through a shared philosophy.
But even if they contributed nothing at all, that’s part of open source in that it’s free for everyone to use regardless of anything else, depending on the license.
I think it’s a virtuous byproduct that all this free, allowed use leads to people contributing more open source. Not because of compulsion, but through a shared philosophy.
[0] https://aws.amazon.com/opensource/ [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9358843