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"Open Source" is Broken (christine.website)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I use to do some work on open source paid by mu customers, but they never know about it :-) For example, if I need to translate some strings (l10n) I translate a bunch of strings, more than required, for community profits. The same if I'm helping to solve an issue...

But it's always a way to help open source projects just make a personal donation, as a developer, because our money is, in fact, the money our customers pay us (freelancers, for example).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

But it’s always a way to help open source projects just make a personal donation, as a developer, because our money is, in fact, the money our customers pay us (freelancers, for example).

Yes, I know this sounds a bit odd to contribute your own money on behalf of the clients, but when you factor it in as a (explicit or only mentally) as a line item in your bid, then in the end it is the client after all who pays for it.