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Depends on how you define "part". Maybe the visible part like MySQL or the Linux kernel or Android. But I'd say open source has a long tail mostly unpaid. From
by fierarul 6y ago
Depends on how you define "part". Maybe the visible part like MySQL or the Linux kernel or Android. But I'd say open source has a long tail mostly unpaid. From where I'm staying there is also a myth that companies pay for all the open source I use.
- watwut 6y agoI don't know what open source you use. But yes, the big ones are mostly done by people who are paid for it. They are not after work occasional effort. The smaller ones are also often done a part of university research or on clock. Not necessary because companies are altruistic, but because they need something and because open source developers need to eat.
- fierarul 6y agoA big part of Apache projects are not done by paid employees. Which is why you see the main developer for Maven push his Patreon for donations.