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That's a big probably. I could just as easily say that people would probably be surprised that someone could not contribute back. After all, it's sharing code!


I think I don't know what you mean? Why wouldn't someone be able to contribute back?


Sorry, I meant "weren't required to contribute back."


Ah. I've never had a problem in practice.

My personal view is that I should optimize for people getting involved. If it gets so successful that a company wants to use it without contributing back, its a nice problem to have (and it doesn't particularly bother me).

I know you have a lot more in OSS than I. Has this affected you much? Would love to hear any experiences - it seems you're sour on it and there might be a story there?


I'm planning on writing a blog post, but the tl;dr is that I'm not sure it's sustainable, because there's a whole lot of take, and very little give.




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