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You assume that everyone works on their own projects. In that case, yes, you should probably market it, if nobody knows about your project it doesn't matter. I
by jakobegger 7y ago
You assume that everyone works on their own projects. In that case, yes, you should probably market it, if nobody knows about your project it doesn't matter.
I was more thinking about contributing to other projects. What incentive do I have for fixing an issue in someone elses repo?
With this sponsorship model, the benefits will only go to the dev whose name is on the repo.
It's going to be very hard to market yourself as the guy who fixes random issues in a bunch of unrelated projects.
- ossworkerrights 7y agoMarketing yourself as someone who fixes bugs in unrelated projects is a noble cause. But the realities of oss are that you will likely get a fixed income job while some large corp will make loads more money off of your fixes and projects. I for one praise monetisation of open source and hope licensing will become more restrictive (i.e. if your company earns more than X$ then then you need to pay a license for it). Great engineering should be paid in freedom from 9 to 5 not just praise and contracts.