A survey of 400 maintainers of open-source software projects suggests IT organizations should be paying a lot more attention to the degree to which the stewards of these projects are compensated before downloading software components.
Survey: Most Open Source Software Maintainers Want to Get Paid
A survey of 339 maintainers of open source software projects found 60% of them classified themselves as unpaid hobbyists versus only 13% who said they earn most or all of their income from maintaining projects. Slightly less than a quarter (23%) described themselves as semi-professionals, earning some of their income from maintaining projects. Overall, more […]