If it's not worth it to you don't work on it. If you do OSS because you want others to use your software but you're afraid to charge for it then just stop. Of

If it's not worth it to you don't work on it. If you do OSS because you want others to use your software but you're afraid to charge for it then just stop. Of course you'll be disappointed. The whole point of OSS is you put it out there, others use it, fork it, add to it, commit back, and because of pooled efforts now the software is better. No one owes anyone anything beyond the terms of the license. DHH recently wrote a great article about OSS which seemed to be inspired by recent discussions: https://world.hey.com/dhh/i-won-t-let-you-pay-me-for-my-open-source-d7cf4568 https://world.hey.com/dhh/i-won-t-let-you-pay-me-for-my-open... The best way to get paid for OSS is to use it for a real product. Ie. Make something beyond just code.