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> There's OSS at the large-scale level (Linux, Firefox, Postgres) where the model is clearly working and sustainable. Is it, really? At "the large-scale level"
by CRConrad 3y ago
> There's OSS at the large-scale level (Linux, Firefox, Postgres) where the model is clearly working and sustainable.
Is it, really? At "the large-scale level" of the project, perhaps -- but what do we know about how "sustained" individual contributors even to those projects feel they are being?
- pabs3 3y agoThe LWN folks have some stats about employment of Linux contributors. Most contributions are paid, but the volunteers ("None") beat a number of companies by changesets and by lines changed. https://lwn.net/Articles/964106/ https://lwn.net/Articles/964106/