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Re:Our experience launching a paid, proprietary product on L... by scarface74 on Monday July 23, 2018 @08:25PM (#17597158)
Who are those people? Most are paid or sponsored by corporations.
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Re:Our experience launching a paid, proprietary product on L... by catamorphismic on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @06:32AM (#17608206)
Well just let them continue to do so, then?
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Re:Our experience launching a paid, proprietary product on L... by scarface74 on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @05:49PM (#17613206)
So either open source developers have to work for and enrich corporations or work on the side for free?

Why should software development be any different than any other profession where people get paid for their work?

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