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I have said this before and I'm saying it again: Open source maintainers' first responsibility is to take care of him/herself, mentally and financially. You guy

I have said this before and I'm saying it again: Open source maintainers' first responsibility is to take care of him/herself, mentally and financially. You guys should proactively seek payments from whoever uses your work commercially, and if the $$ is not good enough, you are on your own to continue do this voluntarily. If you keep the front door open, eventually thieves will come and steal your stuffs. By the same principal, if you do not rigorously request payments and donations, you should expect people to take advantage of you. From this perspective, Tan, whoever he/she is, actually did you a great service -- those big companies got a rude awakening and are scrambling to double check whether they are impacted, over weekend. It is a pity that this did NOT get into a stable release -- I know it's very rude to say so, but let me be honest here -- it will be a greater help to all open source maintainers if this actually gets into a stable release and fuck over as many people as possible.

michaelsbradley 3y ago
Next logical step in this misguided way of thinking: “do a great service to the world by subverting open source software until maintainers get their due”. No, the ends do not justify the means.
- markus_zhang 3y ago
  Sometimes good ends can ONLY be brought by bad means. Like, realistically, how would you convince the Forbes 500 to increase spending on software security? They won't budge if no one is knocking the doors. In general, it is in human nature that we prefer to mend the situation as late as possible, as long as it is not too late, instead of curing a disease before it develops. People who do the first thing are praised and hailed, while people who do the second are laughed at.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    The result will be Fortune 500 companies spending millions and billions on "Security Companies" who pocket the money and produce lots of paperwork absolving everyone of any form of blame, whilst the actual maintainers will still get a can of diet code and a misspelt acknowledgment somewhere.

michaelsbradley 3y ago

Next logical step in this misguided way of thinking: “do a great service to the world by subverting open source software until maintainers get their due”. No, the ends do not justify the means.

markus_zhang 3y ago
Sometimes good ends can ONLY be brought by bad means. Like, realistically, how would you convince the Forbes 500 to increase spending on software security? They won't budge if no one is knocking the doors. In general, it is in human nature that we prefer to mend the situation as late as possible, as long as it is not too late, instead of curing a disease before it develops. People who do the first thing are praised and hailed, while people who do the second are laughed at.
- bombcar 3y ago
  The result will be Fortune 500 companies spending millions and billions on "Security Companies" who pocket the money and produce lots of paperwork absolving everyone of any form of blame, whilst the actual maintainers will still get a can of diet code and a misspelt acknowledgment somewhere.