Definitely understand the sentiment there, but at least for us, it's not working out like that. Our first contributor is also our first developer hire, and we have another contributor we are negotiating with to have him do some contract work for us. If anything, it's encouraged us to hire more.
Our move to open source is basically a statement that the people behind a product are where the value is actually built, and so from our perspective, it is of the utmost importance to treat people fairly. If you have any experience with running a big open source project, I'd love to chat with you to see if there are any non-obvious pitfalls we can avoid. You can email me at [email protected]
Our move to open source is basically a statement that the people behind a product are where the value is actually built, and so from our perspective, it is of the utmost importance to treat people fairly. If you have any experience with running a big open source project, I'd love to chat with you to see if there are any non-obvious pitfalls we can avoid. You can email me at [email protected]