Re:Is Stack Exchange in violation of NY labor law by using v...
by freedomben on Thursday October 31, 2019 @04:26PM
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> Perhaps this is an indicator that for-profit companies that solicit volunteer contributions to open source projects should set up a non-profit organization to manage the open source project separately from the for-profit business that sells support and / or provides paid turnkey solutions.
The vast majority do, and it's getting more and more common.
> It seems potentially a little greedy to me to insist that highly paid software developers retain the right to volunteer on a wider range of software projects at the expense of lower salaries for workers in other professions.
Are you saying that either everybody should be able to volunteer or nobody should?
The vast majority do, and it's getting more and more common.
> It seems potentially a little greedy to me to insist that highly paid software developers retain the right to volunteer on a wider range of software projects at the expense of lower salaries for workers in other professions.
Are you saying that either everybody should be able to volunteer or nobody should?