[azangru]

Sorry for the dumb question; but what is the purpose of marketing an open-source library? The more popular a library becomes, the heavier the burden on the maintainer. Why would a maintainer go out of their way to increase the popularity of a library?

[sagebird]

Off the top of my head: Career considerations, raising one’s profile, obtaining requests for contract work.

[bziwixueh]

“I hope nobody finds out about my cool project I’ve worked hard on said nobody ever.

[BrandoElFollito]

I think that the creator of Minecraft actually said that.

[drowsspa]

Pride? It must be nice to see people using your library.

[colordrops]

Why would you open source it if you don't want people to use it?

[azangru]

Because you don't mind people using it?