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0 pointsdiogenesjunior4y ago0 comments

it is much harder though.

i contribute weekly to one project, but i am not a maintainer. i could reason that my contributions to this project are worth money. being paid every month would be reasonable.

in another project, i only contribute when i run into a bug or need something added. this happens maybe 3-4 times a year. i could reason that these bug fixes and feature additions are worth money, but i would be out of line to say that a monthly amount of money is reasonable. do one time donations or 1-2x a year donations make sense?

i also have various projects where i've contributed 1-10 lines of code once and never come back. i don't deserve to be paid for those, in my opinion.

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rndhouse4y ago

There is so much variety in how people contribute and what they hope to get out of it in a perfect world!

My goal is to put the mechanisms in place. And give people another means of self expression.

WJW4y ago

Should you continue to be paid for software as long as it provides value, even if you no longer work on it? That is a question that will spark ideological debates for centuries.

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