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"Paying people to be motivated to bother to work on open source code seems odd." They're not paying people to be motivated to bother. They're paying people to
by comice 17y ago
"Paying people to be motivated to bother to work on open source code seems odd."
They're not paying people to be motivated to bother. They're paying people to work. Therefore they "create and release open source doe for the benefit of all". Done. Tick.
"in something like open source, does it make sense to wave money at people who aren't already intrinsically attracted towards the cause?
what cause? open source is not about charity.
"If they're not familiar with these concepts and they're taking software engineering classes".
Concepts are one thing "exposure to real-world" is totally different.
- petercooper 17y agowhat cause? open source is not about charity. "Open source" is commonly considered a "movement" or philosophy. While open source can be as simple as the process of merely releasing your code, the term typically refers to the more philosophical angle. People who contribute to open source and end up getting paid to do that are one thing. People who only start to get involved with open source because they see a reward being waved about are quite another.