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I also see CERN as an institution that is willing to hire the devs needed to maintain / support a project. I didn't see where CERN said how much the licensing
by 300bps 7y ago
I also see CERN as an institution that is willing to hire the devs needed to maintain / support a project.
I didn't see where CERN said how much the licensing costs were per year but they did say that their MAlt project is a cost-saving initiative. Developers are pretty expensive right now.
- m0zg 7y agoThey are nowhere near as expensive in Europe, where CERN operates. Yes, even in Switzerland.
- 12345675456tyg 7y agoReally? I'm a Swiss citizen who works in an international team with colleagues in the U.S.A., and I don't see any difference between my income and theirs. Could you elaborate? I'm genuinely interested.
- PretzelFisch 7y agoThey will need to hire more then just developers to run a successful software project
- ForHackernews 7y agoI'd do work on a CERN-led libre software project for free. If CERN can put together the right management structure, I suspect they'd have plenty of devs willing to volunteer. Of course, organizing a large distributed free software effort is its own challenge.