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The Unpaid Backbone of Open Source: Solo Maintainers Face Increasing Security Demands (socket.dev)
submitted 2 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/opensource@programming.dev
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Solo open source maintainers face burnout and security challenges, with 60% unpaid and 60% considering quitting.

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[-] ballmerpeaking@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

I've never heard of that in my life

[-] refalo@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago

You must not be active in any chat systems that are frequented by FOSS developers then? I see it constantly across Matrix, IRC, XMPP and other places.

[-] ballmerpeaking@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, there's a few with some quirky opinions. All of them will take money in some way.

this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2024
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