Benny Vasquez
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And so I saw open source pledge, this OSS pledge, to be an extension of that, but more with an awareness piece to it. Because it was hard. It was like you were pushing this uphill battle to say companies should have an OSS fund, which is a great thing to say. But then it was like, well, how do we do it? Whereas this, yeah, the FOSS fund. Thank you for clarifying.
And so I saw open source pledge, this OSS pledge, to be an extension of that, but more with an awareness piece to it. Because it was hard. It was like you were pushing this uphill battle to say companies should have an OSS fund, which is a great thing to say. But then it was like, well, how do we do it? Whereas this, yeah, the FOSS fund. Thank you for clarifying.
I saw it as like an extension of that, but potentially better marketable, you know, and potentially with this social component that is not so much a force multiplier, but more like you should because this is where people who are doing this and believe in this model are collecting. Whereas the other way it was more like... soapbox, you know?
I saw it as like an extension of that, but potentially better marketable, you know, and potentially with this social component that is not so much a force multiplier, but more like you should because this is where people who are doing this and believe in this model are collecting. Whereas the other way it was more like... soapbox, you know?
Whereas here, you're sorta like, what was it, Hands Across America, like back in the 80s, remember that? It's more like that, you know? Like, hand in hand across America feeding, I think it was The Hunger, something like that.
Whereas here, you're sorta like, what was it, Hands Across America, like back in the 80s, remember that? It's more like that, you know? Like, hand in hand across America feeding, I think it was The Hunger, something like that.
Well, so this... There's no vetting and verification, right?
Well, so this... There's no vetting and verification, right?
Well, whoever would put out a blog post saying you funded open source and you didn't fund open source... I made a face, by the way. It was not a good face. Well, there is.
Well, whoever would put out a blog post saying you funded open source and you didn't fund open source... I made a face, by the way. It was not a good face. Well, there is.
Right. If you would go through the motion of saying, I pledge, I blog, and that blog was non-factual.
Right. If you would go through the motion of saying, I pledge, I blog, and that blog was non-factual.
I mean, big time, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So... Yeah. Receipts. And so I joked about the JSON earlier, and you never closed the loop. Yeah, what's the JSON deal? What's the JSON? There is... Let's close the loop of the JSON. I forgot all about it.
I mean, big time, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So... Yeah. Receipts. And so I joked about the JSON earlier, and you never closed the loop. Yeah, what's the JSON deal? What's the JSON? There is... Let's close the loop of the JSON. I forgot all about it.
They do get a JSON, though, because when they go through the flow, they generate the JSON file for them. Who does?
They do get a JSON, though, because when they go through the flow, they generate the JSON file for them. Who does?
OpenSourcePledge.com.
OpenSourcePledge.com.
Early days. Yeah.
Early days. Yeah.