The truth about Open Source 👩‍💻 #programming #tech #code #technology #software #developer #coding

[diert]

Not only 57$ per month plus a ton of hate. I could not stop my tears while reading his story 😭

[Shakmak]

I guess if people like you talk about these people who made such an impact for free, it could gather more attention for awesome people like Dennis and make fundraising for them

[theseriousaccount]

Always use a license such as GPL when “open sourcing” your work.

[lowellthoerner]

I've seen so many devs get borderline harassment from other devs for working on closed-source personal projects. That stigma helps no one but the massive companies who can ignore the criticism

[Minecraftzocker]

"Open source is flawed because without revenue it could end up behind a paywall"

What nonsense is that ? How can open source software end up behind a paywall ?
This is not a flaw of open source software at all

[randyh]

Software is a tough business, we used to sell proprietary software, employed people, paid benefits, and too many companies ripped us off so we had to let everyone go and we lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. I'd say writing open-source software may help you get a high paying job!

[tammodirksen]

I always admire people creating something open-source. But nothing is for free and that person worked hard and hard work needs to be paid somehow. The sad thing is that people often don’t want to pay for software or some digital technology. People, and I include myself, rather pay 10 bucks for a fancy sandwich than 5 dollars for a software that helps them daily.

[Matt-ctks]

There are open source organizations that help these people. Ask your company on how they pay it back if using open source.

[arekxv]

If you are releasing the code for free and as open source in hopes that it would be useful, dont do it expecting payment. You wont get it.

[chrstphrxmllr]

Open source isn’t about making money. You choose the copyright model accordingly based on your needs or wants.

[plabanmondal]

Sometimes I think copyleft licences like GPL makes sense!!

[eyegnats]

He made a better internet! It would be nice if people who use this supported him more directly but if he made it open source to serve and not to capitalize upon that’s beautiful and respectable. I know respectability doesn’t pay bills on its own, but I’m always pro treating one’s creations as an art to be shared rather than a product and I admire people who aren’t afraid to let their ideas loose.

[parkedhampster]

Is it that open source is flawed or our systems that make it impossible to live comfortably while providing incredible value to those around you

[CC.unposted]

I think there should be a platform which we all together should make which let you donate and stuff (Like the website has monthly payment which is than given to developers or ads(not bad ones)

[first-thoughtgiver-of-will]

We just need a popular license for monetizing copy left software. Open source licensing is great and important for the world and corporations but we need a way to monetize and incentivize devs further that doesn't have the complications of figuring out licensing. Something like npms donate feature but for commercializing so it's as easy to pay fractional royalties as it is to manage software dependencies.

[alexkatsanos]

Where would the web be without Linux and Apache servers?

[MrCOPYPASTE]

and "influencers" get "thousands" of dollars... your shallow society right there...

[javier]

What a way of overselling a javascript library, want "pivotal software that could destroy infrastructure if missing" look at every html and javascript engine, Web server etc.
But I guess sharing a spooky story to paint open source as a failure gets more clicks, oh hey some closed source products fail in monetizing guess closed source is flawed huehuehue.

[linusgke]

But isn’t that what licenses are for? GPL you’re software and it’ll stay free.

[XiaZ]

Just add a logger using pseudonym and make profit selling user data.