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Read this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27842848 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27842848 OSS devs would risk future earnings only.
by abiro 5y ago
Read this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27842848 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27842848
OSS devs would risk future earnings only.
- thraxil 5y agoSo, I've developed some software, gotten a bunch of users and developed a bit of an income stream, then there's a big bug and now I have no chance of future earnings from that software. I'd probably abandon that project and move on to something else instead; maybe get a job at $BIGCO or become a turnip farmer. So some people got an insurance payout, but the software they were using and considered important enough that they would pay for insurance on is now abandonware for them and for any other users that happened to be out there.