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I absolutely get this feeling of not wanting to be trapped, nor should you ever feel like you have to work on it. You have already volunteered your time plenty.
uBlock origin is maybe one of the most critical extensions, maybe the most critical extension. If for some reason you don't want to maintain it, please let us know so somebody can take it over.
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I've done a similar thing with a few past employers after I've moved on. "Hey, can you explain this code to the new person?". In some cases, I'd be glad to do a 1 hour call or whatever. They frequently ask me to submit a bill for my time and I always refuse. I don't want to turn into some kind of staff augmentation and be at their beck and call "because they are paying". Way better to think of it as a gift and I get…
Doing free labor is devaluing your work. You are free to decline this work.
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I've done a similar thing with a few past employers after I've moved on. "Hey, can you explain this code to the new person?". In some cases, I'd be glad to do a 1 hour call or whatever. They frequently ask me to submit a bill for my time and I always refuse. I don't want to turn into some kind of staff augmentation and be at their beck and call "because they are paying". Way better to think of it as a gift and I get…
That just sounds like you're being taken for a ride
> no donations = no expectations No donations should result in no expectations , but unfortunately all sorts of people will have all sorts of expectations from you when you release an open-source project, donations or not.
Donations should also result in no expectations. It’s a donation , not a support license.
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Donations should also result in no expectations. It’s a donation , not a support license.
Theoretically the same applies to Kickstarter. Supposedly it is not a pre-order platform, but everyone treats it that way and gets all bent out of shape if the reward never materializes.
> no donations = no expectations No donations should result in no expectations , but unfortunately all sorts of people will have all sorts of expectations from you when you release an open-source project, donations or not.
It's absolutely shameful that over three decades into the internet age, we still don't have zero friction ways of accepting, sending and accounting for money on the internet.
Money means responsibility. This is a classy stance imho.
I agree. The second you take any donation, you can't use the excuse of "I'm doing this work for free. Leave me alone if you don't like it" because at that point you aren't doing it for free. While you don't necessarily "owe" donors anything, that won't really matter because in their eyes, you were paid to do work, and you didn't do it.
No, I don't agree. Communicate clearly that donations are in no way payment for the work being / to be done, does not constitute any preferential treatment / service agreement, and you're good.
This setup works for me well, and I have no issues with people's expectations.
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I agree. The second you take any donation, you can't use the excuse of "I'm doing this work for free. Leave me alone if you don't like it" because at that point you aren't doing it for free. While you don't necessarily "owe" donors anything, that won't really matter because in their eyes, you were paid to do work, and you didn't do it.
> The second you take any donation, you can't use the excuse of "I'm doing this work for free. Leave me alone if you don't like it" because at that point you aren't doing it for free. No, I don't agree. Communicate clearly that donations are in no way payment for the work being / to be done, does not constitute any preferential treatment / service agreement, and you're good. This setup works for me well, and I have n…
That said, the drama might be more outlier...I've never really had an open source project that's big enough for people to want to give me money for it, so I will totally admit I'm speaking out of ignorance.