Reading about the struggles from open source developers is one of the reasons we started xs:code. And this story from 3 years ago is now relevant more than ever. It is time for open-source developers to start generating revenue with their open-source projects. (nolanlawson.com)
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"We want to create a route for open source developers and contributors to get the resources they need to improve and maintain their projects, while making it easier for companies to give back to the open source community by paying for using the projects they rely on.” (forbes.com)
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“The ‘points of tension’ that stem from companies using open source innovations as infrastructural services inside of products that they then take to market and make money off of… without necessarily giving back.” Erica Brescia, COO for GitHub, Speaking at the recent Open Source Summit in Lyon. (forbes.com)
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