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The feeling of entitlement of some developers is sometimes baffling. They have a position of authority in a project, and got that authority based on their demo
by teddyh 3y ago
The feeling of entitlement of some developers is sometimes baffling. They have a position of authority in a project, and got that authority based on their demonstrated trustworthiness and ability to deliver useful software. Now they don’t feel like doing that anymore, but instead of resigning their position in the project like a responsible person, they want to use their earned trust to be paid for software development. Congratulations, you’ve come up with a business model. It might work, or it might fail. But it has nothing to with the software project. Open Source is not a business model. It is a development process.
- growse 3y ago> they want to use their earned trust to be paid for software development. They're entitled to do that, and you're entitled to fork it.
- teddyh 3y agoEverybody’s entitled to be impolite. But I can still argue against it.
- npn 3y agothey own the project, not you. open source licensing does not mean giving up the authorship.
- teddyh 3y agoThey own the copyright. The project is a thing that happens in concert with users and contributors, just like art requires an audience to be art.