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    [โ€“] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    Free software as in freedom of speech, not necessarily as in free beer. Maintainers also need to pay the bills.

    [โ€“] elscallr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I've always been curious how people who give away software for a living make that living. I have a few OSS projects but I make my living other ways, those OSS projects are hobbies and my living takes precedence every time because I like to eat food and buy things.

    Like they can sell support, but I have never paid for a solution. They can sell packaged solutions, but I can compile it myself. They can survive on donations but, while I have donated to a lot of FOSS projects, I imagine most people don't donate.

    [โ€“] Outsider9042@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    A lot of good FOSS projects start off as a companyโ€™s internal tooling, which they release to the public. The main source of income is sometimes an entirely different product/service.