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> nothing to do with a FOSS maintainer "FOSS maintainer" uses similar "fremium" model: basic product is free, but customization and support of that product typ
by dennisgorelik 8y ago
> nothing to do with a FOSS maintainer
"FOSS maintainer" uses similar "fremium" model: basic product is free, but customization and support of that product typically requires to hire maintainer.
Alternatively, maintainers are getting hired by BigCo for brand recognition, improving hiring competitiveness of BigCo and other benefits that FOSS product brings.
- hutzlibu 8y ago""FOSS maintainer" uses similar "fremium" model: basic product is free, but customization and support of that product typically requires to hire maintainer." Not really. With FOSS the whole product and especially the sourcecode, is free. You can "maybe" hire the maintainer to do extra work and support for you, but you don't have to. And the main point was, that this maintainer(and most others) did his work in his free time, not out of comercial interest, but altruism. You are doing your website out of altruism? I doubt it.