Re:Funding Open Source like public infrastructure
by frankdejonge on Thursday August 14, 2025 @05:45PM
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While you might see them as parasites, their community reputation may be very different. To fit into your scenario, you may need to get work from the other bums.
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Re:Funding Open Source like public infrastructure
by carlosjobim on Thursday August 14, 2025 @06:06PM
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If people demand that you work for free for their monetary benefit and badmouth you if you don't, then that's not a "community". Those are people you want nothing to do with. Most businesses understand that they have to pay for every benefit or service they get from third parties.