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The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software is Unsustainable (trstringer.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/foss@beehaw.org

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[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

I'm very lucky that I get to work in an upstream focused open source job. But I also maintain a few small packages personally and those only get attention when there are contributions to review or I have a personal itch to scratch. I'll leave enhancement requests in the trackers and just mark them as such and occasionally have a go at them if I feel the urge. No one not paying should expect anymore from maintainers.