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> Where do you draw the line between extending your project and providing free labor to a for-profit company? I work on my various projects to the extent that
by jefftk 2y ago
> Where do you draw the line between extending your project and providing free labor to a for-profit company?
I work on my various projects to the extent that it is fun. If it stops being fun, I don't do it. Making something broadly useful is generally more fun than helping someone with a one-off thing, though that is not my decision criteria.
If someone wants me to do something that isn't fun, they can offer me money, though they will generally need to offer me enough more money than it isn't worth it.
- samus 2y agoIf you put in work only to the extend that it's fun, then it is probably something with very clearly delineated scope (kudos for sticking to that!) or not really one of the projects that are so critical that companies should be expected to chip in money for support.