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Just curious what arrangement theses people have. -do their employers recognize their effort and give hours to the side projects? -they mostly contractors so
by passwordoops 2y ago
Just curious what arrangement theses people have.
-do their employers recognize their effort and give hours to the side projects?
-they mostly contractors so can arrange their time accordingly?
-donations?
-or is it mostly a hobby done out of passion?
- withinboredom 2y agoI don't have something nearly as popular as these other projects; but if you have a popular project, a potential employer might offer work hours for it to get you as an employee. Further, as a contributor of some now popular projects with one other maintainer, I can say that I mostly do it for fun. My current employer gives zero-fucks about it but if a new employer were to use it to woo me away, I would jump in a heartbeat.
- mirekrusin 2y agoCopyright on your contributions may belong to employer during employment period in most jurisdictions.
- bluGill 2y agoMaybe but you may have permissions to make it open source.
- withinboredom 2y agoMy employment contract specifically allows me to keep any rights that I do on my own time and equipment that doesn't compete in certain areas -- and enumerates those industries.
- einpoklum 2y agoYou forgot an important option: No payment, not a hobby, very little passion, doing it because the public needs it. (And possibly got started because, damn it, somebody had to write it / take over maintenance.)
- senko 2y agoSounds terrible. Is there such a software project?
- einpoklum 2y agoOh yes, I'm sure there are. I maintain a few; none are ultra-popular but some are kind-of-popular. And I am sure that others have had this sentiment before and wrote something which others now rely on, without being particularly passionate about continued development of that thing. And it becomes like a chore which you know is important to many people rather than just one or two.
- dagelf 2y ago<3