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> Open source is different, it's an artifact, it's a transposition in code of what you really want to do, of what you feel software should be, or just of all yo
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
> Open source is different, it's an artifact, it's a transposition in code of what you really want to do, of what you feel software should be, or just of all your fun and joy, or even anger you are feeling while coding.
Open Source does not always mean hobby project. Plenty of people make a living writing Linux kernel code, for instance.
edit: ketzu beat me to it.
- pjmlp 6y agoWhen employed by big companies to do so, because their main business is selling something else unrelated to the software itself. Doing open source where software is actually the real product usually ends up in hobby project level as donations, consulting or books aren't enough to keep the ball rolling.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoantirez himself made his living writing open source code for redis, until July 2020.