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The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software is Unsustainable (trstringer.com)
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[–] Mahlzeit@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

Looks like he wants to create a joint venture of several companies with a couple of independent consultants. Ok. Good luck. He doesn't owe the world any free labor. He can try to negotiate any kind of compensation scheme for his intellectual property. That's capitalism.

On a less capitalistic note: The EU provides a bit of government funding for FOSS development on account of the public benefit.

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/news/2022-04/Development%20of%20a%20Funding%20Mechanism%20for%20Sustaining%20Open%20Source%20Software%20for%20European%20Public%20Services.pdf