Open Source Bait and Switch
Complaining about not getting paid always sounds like the equivalent donating to a charity or volunteering in a soup kitchen and then complain you didn’t get your money back or paid for your time in the soup kitchen. If you’re writing OSS, considerate a donation of your time.<p>Why is payment required? If payment is a major motive then don’t use an OSS license. If you’re doing it because, in general, you support OSS as an ideology then be realistic and understand that compensation for your time equivalent to a corporate swe job isn’t likely, and you’re almost definitely never going to be compensated commensurate with the popularity of work that hits mainstream. If you find yourself complaining about how much time it takes to maintain and how demanding users can be, walk away in the satisfaction you’ve created something worthwhile and other people will continue the work if enough feel the same way.