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all services - do people still pay for code? i.e. commercial libraries or has open source finally killed that business model?

• martiuk 12y ago
  Jenkins is the only free software on the list, and it's listed with a payment next to it?
• CmonDev 12y ago
  Yes, developers still want to eat (strangely enough).
• maccard 12y ago
  Not everyone is a startup working with node or RoR. Most companies with more than a handful of staff would rather pay someone else to make sure it doesn't break.
• pjmlp 12y ago
  Developers need to eat, pay for living, kids school, ...
• sleepyhead 12y ago
  I wish there more open-source libs offering commercial options. I don't want to see libraries I depend on being abandoned. Might also want to have access to support. I'm sure there are many companies who would pay and still want the project to be open source and have an active community. Sidekiq is one example of this which seem to be going quite well. I think it is a problem that very important projects are being developed for fun after work (openssl anyone). While I do not want the "pay for all libs" like in the .net world I do hope to see more for-profit open source projects.