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by blurbleblurble 29 days ago
I wouldn't take a job where the employer wasnt publishing permissively licensed code for all but the production bits. It's demoralizing for me and would stress my soul to the brink. I'd rather be broke.
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In the US, you’d definitely be broke. There just aren’t many employers willing to deal with it. All the ones I’ve worked for just use what’s available without modification.
I'm in the US and have made a living writing open source for almost 10 years now, through ups and downs, but it's worked out.