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Arguments for... somebody wanting to get paid for their work? What are you doing?
by jstummbillig 10mo ago
Arguments for... somebody wanting to get paid for their work? What are you doing?
- simlevesque 10mo agoNormally you ask for payment upfront, not years after.
- jstummbillig 10mo agoWho got asked to pay years after...? After what? Best read: You are confusing different products. Somebody can do two things and get paid for only one of them. Worst read: You are really trying to confuse them.
- patates 10mo agoNobody is asked for money years after they started using Tailwind. Nobody is being asked for money now, when they start using Tailwind.
- orthecreedence 10mo agoSo fork and offer your better free version. Holy fuck. What's with this persistent attitude that open source creators should slave away for free forever? Either you support an economy where everyone gets a meager living wage just for existing and then once that's established you can complain about people trying to make money off open source, or you say "capitalism as it exists is great" and swallow the fact that people who you don't pay don't work for you. Which is it?
- ozozozd 10mo agoOnce you give it for free, you must work for free forever! /s
- w4yai 10mo agoPlease, just admit you're wrong. It's ok.