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cool, so are you going to come work for my company for free? you can put it on your resume.

• toyg 6y ago
  tsk tsk, it's called "paying in visibility" or "career-building opportunity".
  • bregma 6y ago
    It's a traditional economic model in the arts. Most musicians and photographers put shelter over their heads and fill their bellies with nothing but "exposure".
    • b20000 6y ago
      yeah, and we all know how well that has worked for them
• vlunkr 6y ago
  The point is, they offered a library with the MIT license, expecting money for it doesn't make sense.
• Verdex 6y ago
  This is wrong. As an adult living in a world with other adults, if I want to get paid for my work, then I'm going to setup that interaction ahead of time. If I wanted to con people, then maybe I would put something of value out for anyone to take. Then once people take it, I would pressure them for something of value in return. If I give out a gift and it makes someone want to give me a gift in return, then that's nice. But they aren't required to give me a gift. That's the whole point of giving a gift in the first place. It doesn't setup a compulsory need to reciprocate.
• _-o-_ 6y ago
  No, but your company is free to use code from my side projects that I did for fun.
• msla 6y ago
  When I release OSS code, I expect everyone to be able to use it, and I do it on my own schedule, based on my own interests. It's purely self-motivated. Were I to write code for your company, I bet you wouldn't let me release the code to anyone else (I can see it in your little eyes) and you'd definitely demand to control what I write and how quickly. It's externally motivated. The external motivation I choose is money.
• kjs3 6y ago
  There's the "false equivalence" advocate who shows up with the same trite comment every time open source is discussed. Knew you'd be here eventually.