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SLXKCD: https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/ Every time I read about one of these projects, I am at once SUPER THANKFUL for the time that this person
by Rantenki 6y ago
SLXKCD: https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/
Every time I read about one of these projects, I am at once SUPER THANKFUL for the time that this person puts in, to improve a project that I depend upon daily, but also somewhat incensed that there are thousands of large corporations that have a dependency on this stuff that they aren't giving back any support for.
link rel: https://curl.se/donation.html https://curl.se/donation.html
I am not a Curl contributor, or related to the project, but I do donate.
- BeetleB 6y ago> but also somewhat incensed that there are thousands of large corporations that have a dependency on this stuff that they aren't giving back any support for. Usually, this is due to decisions the author made, and the author is in full control of changing the situation. I come from a society where it's normal for people to give stuff with no strings attached, and then later claim I have a moral obligation to pay back for all the benefits I received. It sucked being in that society.
- jimhi 6y agoYour vagueness makes this society sound really ominous. What society are you talking about? Scientology? China?
- Rantenki 6y agoReally honestly shocked that I got down-voted on this. Is it really not cool to wish that developers would get compensated for their time if their work is valuable? I understand that the developer chose the license and distribution model, but if they hadn't chosen this model, then the community would have settled on whatever the best solution was that was permissive enough that they didn't have to pay for it. Passion projects in OS are a race to the bottom compensation-wise, due to dynamics outside of the control of the developers building them.