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Very shortsighted view. The purity view is the thing that prevented open source from taking over for the longest time. No, there will definitely be people maki
by adamnemecek 7y ago
Very shortsighted view. The purity view is the thing that prevented open source from taking over for the longest time.
No, there will definitely be people making money from this. Say Evan You, creator of vue is making 18k a month in patreon https://www.patreon.com/evanyo https://www.patreon.com/evanyo. Why wouldn't people use github now instead?
> I will not be using github sponsors for my open source projects...
Why not? There's no shame in asking people to support your work if they are benefiting. In fact, some of the people using your projects might be making money from your work. To you it's about purity, to me it's about you letting yourself be exploited.
- xwdv 7y agoI’d be thrilled if people were making money from my work, that’s the point.
- adamnemecek 7y agoOK you should also get a part of that. Donations are very non commital for both sides. You aren't expected to do what your donors tell you to. It will help you spend more time on your projects. Like it's in the interest of the users to give you money.
- xwdv 7y agoIt’s not in their interest to give me money, they have no interest in that at all. They simply want me to continue working and updating my project so they can keep making money. I don’t need a part of their money. Those weren’t the terms that I put out my software with. Imagine if you had to donate money for every package and library you used. Building applications would get very expensive quickly, when it could just as easily be cheap and free.
- adamnemecek 7y agoWhich is why it's optional.