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Re:A Report on Burnout in Open Source Software Communities (... by j1elo on Saturday May 02, 2026 @08:31AM (#47985846)
Let me tell you a solution for the "FIX IT NOW" types:

> This is an Open Source project that gets developed at the author's discretion. We provide paid work services for urgent fixes, cost is $500 per day with a minimum of 4 days.

Put that in the README, under a header that can be linked to in bug reports from entitled people. Worst thing that could happen is that the maintainer ends up earning a couple grand.

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Re:A Report on Burnout in Open Source Software Communities (... by intothemild on Saturday May 02, 2026 @08:34AM (#47985867)
I like it, only one problem.. the fix it now types also are the same ones that didn't read anything.
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