Opensource tool closing itself
In an interesting move, the Nessus security tool will not be available anymore as opensource. The project founder
expressed disappointment over the lack of community participation in developing the software
and the fact that
A number of companies are using the source code against us, by selling or renting appliances, thus exploiting a loophole in the GPL”
This is bound to happen when crooks are selling revamped opensource products without giving anything back despite the fact that it drains a lot of money.
There are now a lot of opensource IT companies and major IT companies doing opensource. I have rarely seen a lot of contributions. Having been part of a so called opensource IT company, I did my best to actually show executives that it is in their best interest to do so, but that was incredibly difficult and the result did not live up to my expectations.
Once again, there are dozens of way to give something back to an opensource product.
- Report bugs
- Submit documentations, patches or improvements
- Participate in the user or developper mailing list
- Sponsor improvements
- Donate money
