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> If you want something that works, pay for it. That’s literally what they’re doing, with proprietary software.
by thiht 3y ago
> If you want something that works, pay for it.
That’s literally what they’re doing, with proprietary software.
- ipaddr 3y agoHe can invest time/work or money. If enough people are willing to pay someone will offer it and he can pay. If not he has to write it himself.
- jwells89 3y agoAssuming such contributions are accepted in the first place, which is far from a given. It's not unusual for "polish" sorts of contributions to be refused by project maintainers for various reasons. It doesn't matter how much code I write or how much money I donate if the project has decided it doesn't care about the same things I do. Of course I can technically always fork or start my own project, but that increases expenses by an order of magnitude, which I might not be able to afford.