<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/02/17 05:50, Dave Crossland wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CAEozd0w8eHmr8XueMk_XyyED9MCHjc-avNyNp6+mH6-bxEG+wA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;"> <pre wrap="">I now regret having opened the door to paid efforts </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I think with this message the door is now closed!</pre> </blockquote> Also from the same book, chapter "The hidden costs of ignoring infrastructure": <blockquote>One reason why open source contributors are strikingly more homogenous than the technology sector at large is that they need time and money to make significant contributions in the first place. These constraints prevent otherwise qualified contributors from entering the space. David MacIver, creator of Hypothesis, a Python library for testing software applications, explains why he was able to spend so much time on the project: I could only do this because I had the time and money to do so. I had the time to do so because I was being obsessive, had no dependents, and didn’t have a job. I could only not have a job because of the money. I only had the money because I spent the latter half of last year with double the salary I was used to, half the living expenses I was used to, and too borderline depressed to spend it on anything interesting. These are not reasonable requirements. [...] Can you produce quality software in less time than that, working only in your free time? I doubt it.[113] Cory Benfield, a core Python developer, writes: Generally speaking, people who aren’t cisgender, heterosexual, white, middle-class, English-speaking men are less able to tolerate the increased financial risk of not having a steady job. This means that those individuals really need a steady pay cheque to contribute most effectively. And we *need* those contributors: diverse teams make better things than homogeneous teams.[114] Charlotte Spencer, a contributor to software framework Hoodie and database PouchDB, echoes these sentiments: All my contributions are purely volunteered. I don't make any money, though I would absolutely like to. I have asked veteran open sourcerers if they are paid and they say they are not, which discouraged me from pursuing anything (if they aren't paid, why would I be?). I use most of my free time to do it, which I'm trying to do less of as it was taking up my life.[115] </blockquote> </body> </html>