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minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year agoA lot of FOSS is maintained by people who are getting paid one way or another to maintain it.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoTrue, but the bigger the project, the more it’s supported by paid developers. Either from some foundation or else corporate devs whose jobs include contribution to FOSS projects
minus-squarenewIdentitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoWasn’t the case for ImageMagick and OpenSSL for a very long time.
minus-squareMashedTech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agofor OpenSSL? UNPAID?! HOLY FUCK
minus-squarenewIdentitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWell now they got paid after the critical security vulnerability in 2014 (?), but it’s basically just two developers. Also don’t confuse OpenSSL with OpenSSH
minus-squarepeople_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThe FOSS that matters (mostly) is.
A lot of FOSS is maintained by people who are getting paid one way or another to maintain it.
And a lot of FOSS isn’t.
True, but the bigger the project, the more it’s supported by paid developers. Either from some foundation or else corporate devs whose jobs include contribution to FOSS projects
Wasn’t the case for ImageMagick and OpenSSL for a very long time.
for OpenSSL? UNPAID?! HOLY FUCK
Well now they got paid after the critical security vulnerability in 2014 (?), but it’s basically just two developers.
Also don’t confuse OpenSSL with OpenSSH
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The FOSS that matters (mostly) is.