SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.uk to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoOpen Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Awayitsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.mllinux@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·1 year agoIf only there was a way to fund open source projects so we both could have better software for the world and paid employees… I think you can guess which government body already do this. Just take a shot.
minus-squaresj_zero@lotide.fbxl.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·1 year agoBig question is: how many of us are funding foss projects? It isn’t difficult, and with how popular some are, it wouldn’t be long before the projects could hire one or more full time devs at good rates. I support a few big projects I use every month through liberapay.
minus-squarevatlark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoLiberapay is really nice. I like the payment options they have to minimize the fees, like making 2 years of small “monthly” payments in a single charge to your bank card.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThen they would just be paid but exhausted
minus-squareronigami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDon’t forget that with money comes expectations though. Managing contributors is not easy.
minus-squaresj_zero@lotide.fbxl.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoBig question is: how many of us are funding foss projects? It isn’t difficult, and with how popular some are, it wouldn’t be long before the projects could hire one or more full time devs at good rates. I support a few big projects I use every month through liberapay.
minus-squareDoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe brain! No the stomach!
If only there was a way to fund open source projects so we both could have better software for the world and paid employees…
I think you can guess which government body already do this. Just take a shot.
Big question is: how many of us are funding foss projects?
It isn’t difficult, and with how popular some are, it wouldn’t be long before the projects could hire one or more full time devs at good rates.
I support a few big projects I use every month through liberapay.
Liberapay is really nice. I like the payment options they have to minimize the fees, like making 2 years of small “monthly” payments in a single charge to your bank card.
Then they would just be paid but exhausted
Don’t forget that with money comes expectations though. Managing contributors is not easy.
Big question is: how many of us are funding foss projects?
It isn’t difficult, and with how popular some are, it wouldn’t be long before the projects could hire one or more full time devs at good rates.
I support a few big projects I use every month through liberapay.
The brain! No the stomach!