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If I give you a large number of scratch tickets (such that expected value is > $0), could it be considered compensation? Starting and contributing to a side pr
by maerF0x0 6y ago
If I give you a large number of scratch tickets (such that expected value is > $0), could it be considered compensation?
Starting and contributing to a side project often has EROI > 0 and for many _that_ is their compensation. Now, as for Marak who is facing homelessness etc, that's just dumb (for society to treat such a beneficial member in such a manner) .
- alangibson 6y agoIf all the dev wants is street cred, then great. I'm not telling anyone what is good for them. I'm arguing against a norm that I see as being frequently one-sided and occasionally actively destructive, and for something like the Norm of Reciprocity in this narrow case of feature requests on open source projects.
- maerF0x0 6y agoYeah, hopefully thats where new engineers hoping to cut their teeth on FOSS contributions would step in and say "I want to contribute too!" It doesnt have to be a full binary, can be a spectrum of outcomes where some people get paid for full time work, some take "experience"/"portfolio" payment and others are happy to just code ...