Re:Automating programming: AI is transforming the coding of ...
by NorwegianDude on Friday July 09, 2021 @08:03PM
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A lot of people uses stackoverflow for the gamification. Others just want to give something back to the community.
Open source is a great way to market yourself. If I have some really valuable code, then I'll keep it for myself. If I think it would be more useful and gain traction as an open source project then I might publish it and in that way position myself as the top expert on that software.
A lof of businesses are actively using, publishing and contributing to open source. Not because they don't want to make money, but because it's the way to make money.
Open source is a great way to market yourself. If I have some really valuable code, then I'll keep it for myself. If I think it would be more useful and gain traction as an open source project then I might publish it and in that way position myself as the top expert on that software.
A lof of businesses are actively using, publishing and contributing to open source. Not because they don't want to make money, but because it's the way to make money.