Comment by DoreenMichele

Comment by DoreenMichele 2 months ago

I don't know how we resolve this. Some things are excellent because open source allows an individual to make what they want without answering to a boss or whatever and then if it gets popular, it comes with responsibilities but probably little or no pay.

As someone who did a lot of volunteer work, these issues resonate with me -- painfully so.

That's probably my primary motive for reading such articles when I'm not really a programmer.

bongodongobob 2 months ago

What's to resolve? You either do something for the love of it or you don't. There's nothing to solve, it is what it is. If you want to get paid for writing your software get a job, start a company. OSS is neither of those things.

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DoreenMichele 2 months ago

I'm far from the only person who feels people should get paid for their work if they add value to the lives of others or this article wouldn't exist.
Some people know how to add value and don't know how to turn that into an income and if they desperately need income and everybody wants their work but nobody pays them, it's extremely infuriating and crazy making.

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- bongodongobob 2 months ago
  
  Then they should ask for it.
  "I give my software away for free and no one pays me for my work."
  Your argument makes no sense.
  
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  DoreenMichele 2 months ago
  
  Some of them do ask for it. And it does little or nothing.
  I'm a writer and a blogger. Newspapers are dying. If you put ads on your site, people use ad blockers. People find ways around pay walls. Etc.
  Sometimes you can't somehow magically control the fact that people won't pay you.
  
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