They are being made. I have a four node network already in my suburb. There is a software project that is written in Python that essentially turns lorawan nodes into BBSs similar to briar.
Maybe ham repeaters but when we are talking lorawan they will have a hell of a time taking the networks down that are already established. Just in my suburb we have more than 6000 nodes because of the helium network.
A good use of briar is having it on your phone already so that during a natural disaster you can connect with others that already have it at community relief spots. Keep it just in case and it will come in clutch when you need it most!
If we are all a part of a giant ecosystem then it should be acknowledged that work has been done and should be compensated for otherwise you are just continuing to advocate for the exploitation of FOSS software without handing any compensation over for the value that it adds to this giant ecosyatem
You are toxic and a perfect example of shilling for corporations. I bet you depend on that package and many others that you and your corporate overlords haven't paid a cent for. Deplorable at best. I donate to projects that I use as a percentage of revenue. Name more than one OSS project that your company has actually donated money to on a regular basis to ensure that it's original maintainer has some sort of compensation for the work they put in based on your usage? I bet you can't because you are more than happy to exploit things that you consider free. Defending freeloading dicks just puts you in that category.
Short term bean counting always sets you up for failure. The fact that this guy's packages were depended upon by so many projects and people were not actively supporting him with money shows how broken open source is. The projects with the most dependencies should be rooted out and collectively paid for or a new license should be made that excludes the use of OS software by corporations unless they pay a minimum amount based on their size. I'm sick of hearing about stories like this and it has discouraged me from releasing much of anything open source that any corporation could use without paying me. That's why small projects that I do release get GPL licenses and I don't put my best work out there for free.
Agreed on all points. People are quick to jump on someone especially when they work really hard on something and then give it away for free. Companies turn around all of the time and change their revenue model and nobody says a thing. It's their right. The guy still had the rights to do whatever he likes with the software he wrote for free. All the assholes vilifying him are shilling for corporations that didn't want to pony up to help this guy continue his work. His actions were pretty drastic, but remember he owns the rights. If he wants to delete what he owns he's in his rights and corporations better take note. You use something for free that you don't own and have no intention of compensating the people behind it you only have yourself to blame when those people rage quit. There is no real argument against this without looking like a freeloading dick.