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> I wonder why this has not yet happened with open source. If a sufficient enough part of the public uses your software, the state offers you a maintainer role.
by badpun 4y ago
> I wonder why this has not yet happened with open source. If a sufficient enough part of the public uses your software, the state offers you a maintainer role. Nothing big, but enough to life on and do work.
It didn't happen because people already do it for free, so why overpay?
- qikInNdOutReply 4y agoBecause softwares ability to change are a living thing and it becomes stagnant and brittle once its left with no humans to keep it alive in symbiosis?
- badpun 4y agoIs there any crucial project left without any maintainers though?