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This is a false dichotomy. Some of the best open source work has been done by folks who do pull in a salary from a commercial venture. A few of those are desi
by couchand 11y ago
This is a false dichotomy. Some of the best open source work has been done by folks who do pull in a salary from a commercial venture. A few of those are designated open-source positions, but the vast majority are just people who contribute on the side.
And I hope you can appreciate how demeaning it is to call your time contributing to open source a "phase".
- pjmlp 11y agoWhat I call a phase was the idea that I would be able to live just from open source no matter which type of business area. I still work with open source tools and do contribute occasionally with bug reports, bug fixes, advocacy and money. Just don't believe any longer that all types of business are possible with open source. Many just don't go along with it, at least for those that want to their their bills.