Google| Subject | Re: Advocacy |
| From | chrisv |
| Date | 2017-09-07 17:45 (2017-09-07 10:45) |
| Message-ID | <a0q2rchud8fokumcddmpgaiu77pp9uqnk3@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Follows | Doomsdrzej |
Doomsdrzej wrote:
DoomsdrzejOf course donations are essential. The more donations, the more developer-hours are "well enough" compensated-for. It's a dynamic labor market.
chrisv wrote:chrisvDoomsdrzej
They are compensated "well enough", or they wouldn't do it. However, nature of these markets means that most cutting-edge or specialty/prefessional software will be closed-source.
I'm the type of guy who would donate to someone like Clement Lefebvre, who does a spectacular job with Linux Mint, even if someone told me that he was compensated well enough. At the end of the day, he's using his own personal time to provide the world with a great product without any guarantee that he will receive money for it. Such a leap of faith deserves to be rewarded, in my opinion.
-- "If it's *Free* crapware, why do they almost always solicit for donations?" - DumFSck
2017-09-06
