Re:Preact: Countering the Perception That Open Source Must B...
by hueving on Monday March 13, 2017 @11:18PM
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Even though it's nice to think of it as insurance, it's not the same thing because it doesn't come with any actual insurance.
You can donate money to a project to hope for help when you encounter some critical bug in the future. However, you don't actually get any guarantees that the community will help with said bug or return your money if they don't. That's a really hard sell if you're trying to pitch it as insurance.
You can donate money to a project to hope for help when you encounter some critical bug in the future. However, you don't actually get any guarantees that the community will help with said bug or return your money if they don't. That's a really hard sell if you're trying to pitch it as insurance.