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Every single cent earned in my career depends on OS software in one way or another. Maintaining a public repo or two can very well be considered part of your jo
by herbst 5y ago
Every single cent earned in my career depends on OS software in one way or another. Maintaining a public repo or two can very well be considered part of your job, or purely for giving back something.
I for one enjoy if anyone makes money with help of my code. I very well know I wouldn't have made it so far without many many others having chosen this way before.
- marcus_holmes 5y agoI agree, but the number of people I know who could maintain a popular OSS lib for years is tiny. I certainly couldn't do it, nor would I want to; I don't have the right kind of personality for that job. I'm happy to contribute code, or documentation, but that's not the same thing.