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European safety nets, and government grants have helped open source projects a lot, and this is a big reason almost all of these projects end up being developed
by minraws 17d ago
European safety nets, and government grants have helped open source projects a lot, and this is a big reason almost all of these projects end up being developed/maintained by folks from EU. Even if the sponsorships could hire 2-3x as much man power elsewhere in the world.
Another big thing is govt aligned sponsorships are not for software but for generating jobs/work within their borders.
- throwa356262 17d agoYes, but SF salaries are still twice German salaries and probaby 4x Eastern Europe salaries.
- minraws 17d agoyeah but the us folks aren't working out of SF and generally these projects have mostly flat pay structures (unsure if that exactly fits but a few comments make it seem like it checks out)
- smj-edison 17d agoI think if someone is maintaining open source software, they're already not worrying about making that much money.