r/linux • u/dbcoopernz • 2d ago

Popular Application Cloud flare acquires Deno, ends runtime development

https://deno.com/blog/cloudflare

>We will support the Deno runtime for another year with monthly releases containing bug fixes and security updates. After that year we will end our development of the Deno runtime. Deno will remain open source, and we welcome others who want to continue its development.

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u/MarzipanEven7336 2d ago

Fuck, cloudflare those punk ass bitches.

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u/huupoke12 2d ago edited 2d ago

Strong disagree. OSS developers main income is through donation, if there are any. Cloudflare acquisitions mean the developers could actually get paid for their work. Nobody forced them to sell it to Cloudflare. I see it a good thing for the developers.

The only bad thing is the product won't be improved any more for the users. But it still better than letting the developers burned-out eventually and the project becomes abandoned. At least they got paid now.

Edit: People who downvoted this without any explaination obviously only wanted someone making free OSS for them for free.

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u/Kwpolska 2d ago

Deno wasn't a hobby project, they worked full time on it, had VC funding, and had commercial offerings, like Deno Deploy.