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Open source developers, who work for free, are discovering they have power – TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Big companies should atleast donate to these devs if they use the code. Wow :(

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

The part that really stuck out to me was where companies started calling the developer of cUrl demanding he fly out to their sites to fix their shit just because they downloaded his software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

rent-seeking behavior