Comment by mu53

Comment by mu53 a year ago

If you took a list of every open source project that FANG-type companies depend on, there are small libraries that don't draw benefit/attention from large companies.

Outdated, less optimal, almost-famous code/libraries/frameworks that businesses still rely on for money and don't want to spend money migrating away from that need various updates for new OS versions, security patches, and those are the maintainers that are underpaid and struggling.

nkrisc a year ago

> Outdated, less optimal, almost-famous code/libraries/frameworks that businesses still rely on for money and don't want to spend money migrating away from that need various updates for new OS versions, security patches, and those are the maintainers that are underpaid and struggling.

They can just not do it if they don’t want to.

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WJW a year ago

Why are the maintainers working for free in the first place if they don't like it? If they're struggling financially, spending a lot of time on charity is not likely to improve the situation.

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sfn42 a year ago

Nobody's forcing the maintainer to maintain though. If a company needs updates they can do it themselves or hire the maintainer to do it.

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firesteelrain a year ago

Right, either the company will continue to reap the benefits of the constant updates, accept the risk, or find another way (paid or free) to do it.

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