Re:Give away your code, but never your time
by floatboth on Monday September 11, 2017 @12:26PM
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> you're a "sell out" to the ideals of open sources for wanting to be paid for that time
Who the hell unironically uses the word "sellout" anymore? Especially in this context?
I really don't think this is, like, a common opinion or anything. I haven't ever encountered anyone criticizing people for getting paid to work on open source software. Many projects I like (RPCS3, mGBA, libretro/RetroArch, GhostBSD, Redox OS, Godot Engine, Matrix.org) are funded on Patreon. In large projects such as FreeBSD, many commits are sponsored by either various companies or the project's Foundation. And specifically contractors contributing to projects related to their services, as you mentioned? That's how a ton of javascript libraries are developed :D And everyone is mostly just thankful that these projects exist.
What the hell are those "ideals of open source" anyway?
Who the hell unironically uses the word "sellout" anymore? Especially in this context?
I really don't think this is, like, a common opinion or anything. I haven't ever encountered anyone criticizing people for getting paid to work on open source software. Many projects I like (RPCS3, mGBA, libretro/RetroArch, GhostBSD, Redox OS, Godot Engine, Matrix.org) are funded on Patreon. In large projects such as FreeBSD, many commits are sponsored by either various companies or the project's Foundation. And specifically contractors contributing to projects related to their services, as you mentioned? That's how a ton of javascript libraries are developed :D And everyone is mostly just thankful that these projects exist.
What the hell are those "ideals of open source" anyway?