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The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software is Unsustainable (trstringer.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Goronmon@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People who are motivated by money have been saying this for decades. And they’re still wrong because not everyone is motivated by money.

[–] Goronmon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And they’re still wrong because not everyone is motivated by money.

How many working people are doing it not because of the money but solely because they enjoy the work?

[–] Ritsu@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like you don't know the story of core-js. Any popular open-source is basically unsustainable without profit.

https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/blob/master/docs/2023-02-14-so-whats-next.md