The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software is Unsustainable - eviltoast
  • emptyother@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Im a big fan of “you can either pay me to fix this issue, or fix it yourself” model. Nobody should be pressured to maintain a open source project once they’re done with it themselves.

    • 4dpuzzle@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Exactly! In fact, that was the original free software MO. The whole maintainership shenanigans became a thing after companies started exploiting it for free labor.