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A contribution is a cost to the maintainer, not a gift: it is taking part, not merely using the code, that consumes a project’s scarcest resource.

Drawn from what Filippo Valsorda and Nadia Asparouhova said

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A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

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  1. Filippo Valsorda I often read advice along the lines of “if you want to help a project send PRs” and I never understood it. Reviewing and iterating or pushing back on PRs is work! Often more than writing the code itself. words.filippo.io

    Cryptographer, formerly of the Go team at Google

    Their wordsI often read advice along the lines of “if you want to help a project send PRs” and I never understood it. Reviewing and iterating or pushing back on PRs is work! Often more than writing the code itself.

    Where this was said

    ↗How to pay professional maintainerswords.filippo.io

    All 4 korrents from this piecethis one is 1st

  2. Nadia Asparouhova It’s only when users cross over to the production side (ex. report bugs, ask questions, submit patches) that they start to impose costs. nadia.xyz

    Writer and researcher on open source

    Their wordsIt’s only when users cross over to the production side (ex. report bugs, ask questions, submit patches) that they start to impose costs.

    Where this was said

    ↗Making money with licensesnadia.xyz

    All 5 korrents from this piecethis one is 4th

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