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Published · transcript-backedNat Friedman: uncertainty
22 Mar 2023 Dwarkesh Podcast Nat Friedman (Github CEO) — Reading ancient scrolls, open source, & AI
“I don't know. Maybe the MIT license is still underrated because it's just so simple and bare.”
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- Nat Friedman
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- uncertainty
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- 22 Mar 2023
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
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…What is the most underrated license by the way? I don't know. Maybe the MIT license is still underrated because it's just so simple and bare. Nadia Eghbal had a book recently where she argued that the key constraint on open source software and on the time of the people who maintain it is the community aspect of software. They have to deal with feature requests and discussions and maintaining for different platforms and things like that. And it wasn't the actual code itself, but rather this sort of extracurricular aspect that was the main constraint. Do you think that is the constraint for open source software? How do you see what is holding back more open source software?…
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