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New repos, high hopes, every time (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by m33@lemmy.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 38 points 1 day ago

My project has been used by random companies at some point, never again, I can't recommend it to anyone. At first it was nice to have my stuff getting real world use but the never ending issues asking for new features and pressure to keep everything up to date was exhausting. It was a relief to archive it, never again.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago

The curl lean maintainer blogged about how most car manufacturers use curl yet none donate and also how sometimes companies expect him to do work and bs for free.
Ignore them unless they pay you.

[-] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago

On the other hand, once it gets used and depended upon by several companies, you could have them in your hands. Screw them over, break their shit. Or… start charging? Maybe go for a license / ??? that allows for free use but requests payment for paid use

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago

Maybe go for a license / ??? that allows for free use but requests payment for paid use

Actually, that would make it non-free (a.k.a source-available) software by FSF's definition. You can do something like Qt (copyleft license for free, permissive license for a fee), but this doesn't really work for a lot of software.

[-] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

I tried to get paid consulting from it but never got a penny. But you're right, if I were more aggressive it could have worked as supplemental income.