@Jdreben @alcinnz @flabberghaster The incentives for the hobbyists working on major open source projects are varied, but they’re rarely financially motivated (at least when starting out).
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Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Jan-2023 07:02:33 JST Ben Ramsey -
Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Jan-2023 07:00:11 JST Ben Ramsey @Jdreben @alcinnz @flabberghaster This already exists in several forms. I get donations through GitHub Sponsors, and I also earn a small amount from Tidelift. It amounts to about $200 a month, total, so I can’t live on it, which is why I have a day job, but I don’t do open source development for them.
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Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Jan-2023 05:52:01 JST Ben Ramsey @alcinnz I understand the desire to make their contributions copyleft. Unfortunately, a lot of organizations have policies against the use of copylefted software, so even if they don’t directly use your library, because of the dependency chain, they might not be able to use other libraries that depend on your library. As the developer, you have to consider your goals and these trade-offs.
The older I get, the more appealing the GPL becomes to me.
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Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Jan-2023 04:34:48 JST Ben Ramsey Nothing will destroy Open Source quicker than treating all the devs who work on open source software as suppliers in a supply chain.
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Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 03:56:11 JST Ben Ramsey @aral How many buttons do your hatches have? 😉
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Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 01:46:00 JST Ben Ramsey @aral Oh, interesting. I thought it always reported to both servers.
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Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 01:45:59 JST Ben Ramsey @aral I see the option. It’s checked by default.
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Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 00:31:28 JST Ben Ramsey @aral The reporters don’t see the notes you leave on reports. Also, this report goes to the moderators on the instance their on, too, so it’s not just reporting you to yourself.