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Consequences , external

On AI generated code contributions:

This kind of contribution to your favorite open-source project may feel to you like “free as in beer” and “free as in speech” but to us it is like being handed a “free puppy”: well intended, but accepting it has big consequences for years to come.

(From: Maintaining the love for coding in the time of AI)

This post about "Maintaining the love for coding in the time of AI" was published on 17 September 2026 tag: open source tag: ai - Permanent link for “Consequences”
Paying people to work on open source is good , external

paying people to work on open source is good, full stop, no exceptions. We need to stop criticizing maintainers getting paid, and start celebrating. Yes, all of the mechanisms are flawed in some way, but that’s because the world is flawed, and it’s not the fault of the people taking money.

(From: Paying people to work on open source is good actually - Jacob Kaplan-Moss)

This post about "Paying people to work on open source is good actually - Jacob Kaplan-Moss" was published on 18 February 2024 tag: open source - Permanent link for “Paying people to work on open source is good”