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The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software is Unsustainable (trstringer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Goronmon@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cerevant@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Never said devs shouldn’t care about money. If you aren’t having fun maintaining some code, stop. If it is commercially interesting, you will probably be contacted. Charge for bug bounties. Prioritize features based on compensation. Start a foundation. There are lots of business models for OSS, the author of this article talks about how this problem is already solved - just not for him.

OSS itself is not a business model. OSS is provably sustainable. Dude just wants it handed to him.