Re:Preact: Countering the Perception That Open Source Must B...
by kartickv on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:14AM
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Agreed.
My proposal isn't intended to make open-source sustainable. I don't have any magic solutions.
Rather, my proposal is pragmatic. Can we derive some of the benefits of open-source in a sustainably-funded way?
How much are Linux kernel devs paid? How much value does Linux provide to others? On the other side of the coin, how much does the CEO of Snapchat make, and how much value does Snapchat provide to the world at large? This is unacceptable, people who make truly useful things should be rewarded appropriately, it's not fair that people can profit off the work of others while giving none of it back. Pull requests do not put food on the table, when people are able to make a living off of open source software, we'll see a lot more of it than we ever did when they relied on charity, goodwill, and a day job writing proprietary software.