Re: Paying Debian contributors (Was Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software)
On Thursday, September 15, 2022, Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@netscape.net> wrote:
> On 9/15/2022 11:46 AM, Andy Smith wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 10:04:48PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote:
>> > I am not against giving maintainers like Steve just compensation for the
>> > work they do fixing bugs, and by compensation I mean money.
>> (...)
>> to be able to force the developers to work on what you want them to
>> work on, in the way you want them to work on it. I can only ever see
>> that happening in situations where you pay much much more for a
>> bespoke solution.
>
> So I have to pay someone lots of money to fix a problem I already know how to fix?
Hi, not sure at all, but maybe that could be the case, because to know
how to fix a problem and to make someone else to work on what you want
them to work on in the way you want them to work on it are just two
different and independent things. But I really don't know, just
guessing.
Best regards.
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