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> Do you think there's a way to use the leverage ... (aka decent) compensation for open source contributors Making money from open source often involves buildi
by jopsen 5y ago
> Do you think there's a way to use the leverage ... (aka decent) compensation for open source contributors
Making money from open source often involves building an owning a large ecosystem.
Apple, Facebook, etc. all the big tech companies does lots of open source software. But the play isn't to make money from the software, but from the platform.
Perhaps, it's that money from open source requires huge investments. Because sometimes you're basically building an ecosystem.