Comment on How is Open Source developed paid?
EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I contribute and run some open source projects. Some projects receive sponsorships and contributions, some are backed by companies, a lot are just someone doing it on their own time, very few can actually meaningfully support the people working on them. Personally, I receive no money for mine.
tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 3 weeks ago
Likewise, I run/host/contribute to several public projects and typically get $0 unless someone feels like throwing $20 my way. Happens very rarely, though. I feel like most FOSS projects started like this, where the devs are just trying to “scratch thier own itch”.
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Had someone buy me a dinner once
Or maybe they just repurposed the gift card, I don’t know. But I enoyed the dinner all the same!
tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 3 weeks ago
Lucly!! A free dinner is a free dinner, I wouldn’t complain 😁
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 3 weeks ago
When I was doing a lot of custom ROMs on xda I had some guy supply a new phone to me to further develop on - this happened twice. It’s nice when it happens but it’s not why I was building ROMs