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> What paying some dev for open source work does is give you more ways to influence the direction of the projects. It also gives you assurance that the project
by MayeulC 5y ago
> What paying some dev for open source work does is give you more ways to influence the direction of the projects.
It also gives you assurance that the project maintainer is able to maintain that project full-time, and will not be otherwise occupied at $dayjob when a CVE arises. If a maintainer can only spend spare time on a project, its state can degrade pretty quickly.