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The thing open source can actually sell is not the code but access to its maintainers’ attention and expertise.

Drawn from what Filippo Valsorda and Nadia Asparouhova said

Subjectopen source

Mental modelValue moves to what stays scarce

What they actually said

  1. Filippo Valsorda Cryptographer, formerly of the Go team at Google Clients still pay a fixed monthly retainer to ensure the professional maintenance of the whole portfolio, and to get access to the expertise of all of Geomys’ maintainers. Geomys, a blueprint for a sustainable open source maintenance firmwords.filippo.io · 8 Jul 2024All 3 korrents from this piece
    Their wordsClients still pay a fixed monthly retainer to ensure the professional maintenance of the whole portfolio, and to get access to the expertise of all of Geomys’ maintainers.

    Where this was said

    ↗Geomys, a blueprint for a sustainable open source maintenance firmwords.filippo.io

    8 Jul 2024

    All 3 korrents from this piecethis one is 3rd

  2. Nadia Asparouhova Writer and researcher on open source While everyone is focused on putting up tollbooths, opportunities to “price” maintainer attention, and access to maintainers, remain undervalued. Making money with licensesnadia.xyz · 14 Mar 2019All 5 korrents from this piece
    Their wordsWhile everyone is focused on putting up tollbooths, opportunities to “price” maintainer attention, and access to maintainers, remain undervalued.

    Where this was said

    ↗Making money with licensesnadia.xyz

    14 Mar 2019

    All 5 korrents from this piecethis one is 2nd

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