SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.uk to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOpen Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Awayitsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaresj_zero@lotide.fbxl.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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-up3·2 months agoThen they would just be paid but exhausted
minus-squareronigami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDon’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.
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.