Re:Software Below the Poverty Line
by linuxhansl on Thursday June 13, 2019 @02:42PM
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My company pays me handsomely for working - in part - on Open Source projects.
It's kind of the reverse of what's described here, I do not live off donations to the project, instead I "donate" some of my paid time to the Open Source project... That way my company, the Open Source projects, and myself benefit.
What I do benefits other users of those projects and we benefit from other contributions.
Open Source is about sharing ideas and code, not about living off a project. IMHO at least.
It's kind of the reverse of what's described here, I do not live off donations to the project, instead I "donate" some of my paid time to the Open Source project... That way my company, the Open Source projects, and myself benefit.
What I do benefits other users of those projects and we benefit from other contributions.
Open Source is about sharing ideas and code, not about living off a project. IMHO at least.