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Re:Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thou... by herbst on Monday January 10, 2022 @07:32AM (#29873798)
Every single cent earned in my career depends on OS software in one way or another. Maintaining a public repo or two can very well be considered part of your job, or purely for giving back something.

I for one enjoy if anyone makes money with help of my code. I very well know I wouldn't have made it so far without many many others having chosen this way before.

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Re:Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thou... by marcus_holmes on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:06AM (#29874962)
I agree, but the number of people I know who could maintain a popular OSS lib for years is tiny. I certainly couldn't do it, nor would I want to; I don't have the right kind of personality for that job.

I'm happy to contribute code, or documentation, but that's not the same thing.

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