3 ms·

I'm a maintainer of a 10K+ starred project with 1M+ monthly downloads and I know Feross personally. I do not agree or support this movement. Don't do Open Sou

I'm a maintainer of a 10K+ starred project with 1M+ monthly downloads and I know Feross personally. I do not agree or support this movement. Don't do Open Source if you can't afford it. It is as simple as that. Framing it as exploitation is misses the point of collaboration. It has never been about us, it's been about giving value to the world. We can't play the victim card. Nobody wants a whining Batman or Spiderman. So what is Open Source about? Here's an excellent talk on the psychology behind it: https://youtu.be/u6XAPnuFjJc https://youtu.be/u6XAPnuFjJc

lazypenguin 7y ago
I'm surprised nobody else has said this as well. If you want to get paid for your time or your projects then stop giving them away for free? Nobody is under any obligation to work on open source so it's peculiar that someone who chooses to do so would then complain afterwards...just stop working on it...
- q3k 7y ago
  > Nobody is under any obligation to work on open source so it's peculiar that someone who chooses to do so would then complain afterwards.. Except more and more employers judge job candidates per their open source projects and contributions. It can create a positive feedback loop, where only people who can afford to work on open source projects do so, and thus get better offers in the future. While people who can't afford it will never be able to break through recruitment because of a mostly empty github profile.
scandox 7y ago
> We can't play the victim card. Nobody wants a whining Batman or Spiderman. I don't know my own opinion on this topic, but framing any form of work in terms of a selfless, uncomplaining heroism seems like ideal advertising copy for corporate exploitation. I know what you're saying which is effectively "only wear the cape if you can fly"...but the subtext could be interpreted as "hey kids be a superhero and by the way superheroes never feel pain or complain...so don't be one of those".

lazypenguin 7y ago

I'm surprised nobody else has said this as well. If you want to get paid for your time or your projects then stop giving them away for free? Nobody is under any obligation to work on open source so it's peculiar that someone who chooses to do so would then complain afterwards...just stop working on it...

q3k 7y ago
> Nobody is under any obligation to work on open source so it's peculiar that someone who chooses to do so would then complain afterwards.. Except more and more employers judge job candidates per their open source projects and contributions. It can create a positive feedback loop, where only people who can afford to work on open source projects do so, and thus get better offers in the future. While people who can't afford it will never be able to break through recruitment because of a mostly empty github profile.

scandox 7y ago

> We can't play the victim card. Nobody wants a whining Batman or Spiderman. I don't know my own opinion on this topic, but framing any form of work in terms of a selfless, uncomplaining heroism seems like ideal advertising copy for corporate exploitation. I know what you're saying which is effectively "only wear the cape if you can fly"...but the subtext could be interpreted as "hey kids be a superhero and by the way superheroes never feel pain or complain...so don't be one of those".