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This shouldn't be odd to anyone who's spent a large amount of time releasing open source. You just end up being used and uncompensated. At best you get a job of
by dreamdu5t 12y ago
This shouldn't be odd to anyone who's spent a large amount of time releasing open source. You just end up being used and uncompensated. At best you get a job offer from it.
It's really sad to me how many companies benefit from open source (including my own software) without the author ever being compensated.
It's hard for me to get motivated to do anything open source anymore because of the feeling that I'm just a gullible idiot in the end.
The feeling when I fix issues opened by people at VC-backed companies with millions of dollars is really really nasty. I always feel like such an idiot.
- briandear 12y agoThe question is, have you asked for compensation? And, there are plenty of devs at those evil VC-backed companies that give a lot in terms of open source contributions. Those millions of dollars aren't being used to buy private jets; they're paying salaries to devs just like you.
- dreamdu5t 12y agoAre you talking about job offers or are you saying that companies cut checks to open source devs at the behest of requests for some money? Who does this? If you're talking about job offers, you can get jobs without spending off time doing open source. I look over at my co-workers who probably make similar salary as me and they don't do much open source.
- totony 12y agoIf you are going to expect being compensated, why are you making free software to start with? Why not make a paid one instead?