My view on open source software and monetization thereof has changed a lot between when I was in my twenties and today when I’m in my fifties.
In the 90s, as a young man, my primary concern was paying bills. Now, I’ve kind of reached the point where I just don’t care. My most-used code¹ is released under the most permissive license possible. I have a github sponsor link which earned me in the low two figures last year and nothing so far this year. I treat any money as a pure bonus and just don’t worry about it.
In the 90s, as a young man, my primary concern was paying bills. Now, I’ve kind of reached the point where I just don’t care. My most-used code¹ is released under the most permissive license possible. I have a github sponsor link which earned me in the low two figures last year and nothing so far this year. I treat any money as a pure bonus and just don’t worry about it.
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1. finl_unicode, a Rust crate for character code identification and grapheme segmentation: https://github.com/dahosek/finl_unicode