IMO, OSS works because it is open and free. Most OSS projects use each other. If...

bakibab on Nov 18, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software I...

IMO, OSS works because it is open and free. Most OSS projects use each other. If you are building some OSS project then are you not using other OSS projects? Many contributors will not be able to build if it requires/expects money to use other OSS projects.