[jcadam]

> And corporate resources dominate open source -- without them we go back to dorm-room side projects of questionable maintenance.

I imagine the transition from "side project" to "I might as well be working for a MegaCorp with all of this HR-esque CoC nonsense" would be most unpleasant. How many project founders bow out at that point?

[ghaff]

Yeah, that transition from a hobby project to a big payout/nice salary/more usage/more resources must really sting. (Obviously it's a big change but I don't think most would consider it a net negative.)

[jcadam]

> big payout/nice salary/more usage/more resources

if you get the actual payout and your project doesn't just get AWS-ified. :)

[bitwize]

We're moving to a world where we have to deal with unaccountable HR departments and policies like a regular job, but do not get compensated for our contributions like a regular job unless we are already employees of a significant corporate contributor.