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> You're allowed to do free labor for the company Allowed? Sure. Expected to? Nope. I put it this way in the FAQ: > Developers can propose modifications back
by whit537 2y ago
> You're allowed to do free labor for the company
Allowed? Sure. Expected to? Nope. I put it this way in the FAQ:
> Developers can propose modifications back to the producer if they wish, or simply benefit from the company's continual investment in maintenance and improvement.
https://fair.io/faq/ https://fair.io/faq/
That said, for me personally (taking my Sentry hat off for a second), I think the most interesting future is one in which companies use Fair Source licensing _and_ open hiring/twyw compensation:
https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/5/employees-let-them-hire-themselves https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/5/employees-let-...
https://gratipay.news/sharing-our-take-what-you-want-story-911dad62ac32 https://gratipay.news/sharing-our-take-what-you-want-story-9...
Fair Source is a small step towards that as a possible future.
- cratermoon 2y ago> open hiring/twyw compensation I'll be honest, that doesn't sound nice. It sounds like a way for corporations to skirt employment law, similar to other gig economy companies. Do not want.
- whit537 2y agoThat's not the way it felt when we did it: https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/7/compensating-employees-letting-them-take-what-they-want https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/7/compensating-e... Super-experimental, though. Not ready for prime time yet. :D
- SkyPuncher 2y agoI would do this if it benefited my company. It’s almost always easier in the long run to fix something upstream than to have to maintain a downstream fork.
- maccard 2y agoAny patch that I make to a third party dependency increases the risk of upgrading the dependency. Any change they take from us benefits us in the long term, and benefits the industry as a whole.