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> What does he expect to happen? To get paid for doing open source. This is a plea for increased funding. You can think of it as a job application being broa
by sshine 3y ago
> What does he expect to happen?
To get paid for doing open source.
This is a plea for increased funding.
You can think of it as a job application being broadcast.
His software is clearly valued, but companies take 3rd-party dependencies for granted because they're just there and can be used for free. There are things a company can do to replenish the ecosystem: Give time or money to maintain projects they depend on.
> if the benefit in CV building and personal satisfaction are not enough, why don't you stop doing it?
I'm afraid you don't understand the basic premise:
He is not (primarily) doing open source to promote his CV.
He is (presumably) doing open source for ideology and lifestyle: because it provides a good work environment where you work on exactly what you want, provides value that scales beyond what a single company can create (but is otherwise somewhat harder to measure), and provides value to the global, general public, which is not something people with day jobs can claim as easily.
- isaacfrond 3y agoMy brother in law is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures and writes a comic book. His lifestyle choice appears to be fulfilling for him. He also doesn't own a car or a house. Choices have consequences. Different than OP, he doesn't complain about it.
- pjc50 3y agoSo your complaint is effectively .. that you have to hear about this?
- thomasz 3y agoI don’t think that there are companies out there making billions while relying on your brother in laws work without paying him a dime.
- eviks 3y agowhy do you complain about someone else complaining?
- scrollaway 3y agoIs your brother's art present on billions of machines? Out of curiosity. You know, apples and oranges.
- sangnoir 3y ago> Is your brother's art present on billions of machines? That alone does not entitle anyone to payment. All you're entitled to - as per license - is to have the license reproduced in full on some "About > Licenses" page. Anything else is underpants-gnome level of magical thinking: 1. Author FL/OSS package 2. Package get wildly popular 3. ??? 4. Profits
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- sshine 3y agoI have artist friends, some receive private and state grants, others only survive on teaching and selling art. They do sometimes complain about how hard life is without money, but it’s a choice. If an artist said “I’m going to quit art if the world doesn’t pay me”, surely most people would just say, “good luck with that.” If someone’s art piece contained a bug that broke a company’s industrial build pipeline, and all funding for improving the art piece was gone the next 15 months, I’m sure that company would consider donating. There isn’t a principal difference between art and software here. It is the nature of companies that rely on open source that is not well understood here, causing criticism and questions. This is a friendly reminder that anyone interested in a 3.1 release in the foreseeable future should cough up. :-) I really don’t see the complaining.
- turmeric_root 3y agoi think it'd be cool if you could make art and still own a house