The Unpaid Backbone of Open Source: Solo Maintainers Face Increasing Security Demands - Socket
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Solo open source maintainers face burnout and security challenges, with 60% unpaid and 60% considering quitting.

Solo open source maintainers face burnout and security challenges, with 60% unpaid and 60% considering quitting.

  • onlinepersona@programming.dev
    5·
    4 hours ago

    We need a new license that requires payment if the use is commercial. One of the people involved in the coining of the term “open source” is already working on a licence, but maybe another one will be released earlier.

    Companies that freeload from open source now should be forced to pay up.

    Anti Commercial-AI license