Re:Ask HN: Why don't more open-source projects monetize?
by acdha on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @01:47PM
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> it's one-time revenue, you have potentially inflated expectations, and just kidding, now you have 1,000 bosses.
I think this dynamic applies pretty widely and it's part of a major problem throughout the open-source community. There are many people who feel entitled to custom development tailored to their exact needs for free or close to it; that population is both considerably larger than the number of people who will contribute at all, much less significantly, and a substantial percentage of them communicate in a rude and entitled manner which contributes to burnout for the actual contributors.
I think this dynamic applies pretty widely and it's part of a major problem throughout the open-source community. There are many people who feel entitled to custom development tailored to their exact needs for free or close to it; that population is both considerably larger than the number of people who will contribute at all, much less significantly, and a substantial percentage of them communicate in a rude and entitled manner which contributes to burnout for the actual contributors.