>I would be interested in seeing an open source license that made the software free to use for anyone who contributed at least one fix or one feature to the code each year, but cost $10,000/year to license to use if you chose not to contribute any fixes or features. //
Any fix? I mean you can get a fix for something on Fiverr, I expect, but that might make more work for a project than it usefully resolves.
Personally I'm not a programmer, I've sent a couple of pull requests at most, but I do share stuff that I do - like I add places to OSM, upload "art" to OCAL [though it's down at the moment, worryingly], answer question on SE network sites and sometimes on Launchpad, report bugs and test other's bugs. Basically I do my best to be a contributing part of the FLOSS community.
I guess I see programmers create the many FLOSS apps I use as something like being a Scout leader (which is a volunteer position that costs you money), they do it to make a positive and lasting contribution for society with no expectation of financial gain. Though I realise, many do work on FLOSS for wages, just as many people work in outward bounds or as teachers, or what-have-you.
Any fix? I mean you can get a fix for something on Fiverr, I expect, but that might make more work for a project than it usefully resolves.
Personally I'm not a programmer, I've sent a couple of pull requests at most, but I do share stuff that I do - like I add places to OSM, upload "art" to OCAL [though it's down at the moment, worryingly], answer question on SE network sites and sometimes on Launchpad, report bugs and test other's bugs. Basically I do my best to be a contributing part of the FLOSS community.
I guess I see programmers create the many FLOSS apps I use as something like being a Scout leader (which is a volunteer position that costs you money), they do it to make a positive and lasting contribution for society with no expectation of financial gain. Though I realise, many do work on FLOSS for wages, just as many people work in outward bounds or as teachers, or what-have-you.