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by imtringued 1332 days ago
Opensource developers don't get paid. You're saying that paying them money demotivates them because they can earn money by not doing opensource work? The reality is that people paying a bounty sends a message that they really want this problem to be resolved or feature implemented. Maintainer burnout is minimized because people don't spam bounties on things they don't care about.