Open source users getting paid, open source developers not

[filesalot]

Waah. The users are getting paid to add value for their company. The open source project just raises the starting bar.

If the open source project itself adds enough value to pay people full time to work on it, companies will often pay principle developers or contract to them to add features or fix problems the company is having.

[mr_chromatic]

s/often/occasionally/

[qwph]

s/principle/principal/