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And yet, almost every piece of commercial software is built on the free labor of open source devs

• Towaway69 3y ago
  But is it free labour? Many work for companies that pay their salary. It's the ones who work on technology in their free time but can't reach a bigger market who I would like to reach with this idea. Those that work not for money but because they are convinced by an idea.
  • schwartzworld 3y ago
    I would say that paid open source work is the exception, not the rule.
    • Towaway69 3y ago
      There must be surveys on this somewhere. It would be interesting to know how exactly all these open source developers feed themselves. Reminds of that meme - will code HTML for food.