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Ruby on Rails Podcast #204: Money and open source

Sean and Kyle talk the economics of open source software.

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Sean Devine
@barelyknown
One episode - even a sort of long one! - isn't enough for this topic. But, I'm glad that we started the conversation. I'm anxious to hear listener points-of-view. We'll be sure to cover the most interesting follow up on the next episode. Topics that we didn't get to (at least not completely) that I'm interested in are: - Ruby Together: Funding open source i… See more

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Sean Devine
@barelyknown
One episode - even a sort of long one! - isn't enough for this topic. But, I'm glad that we started the conversation. I'm anxious to hear listener points-of-view. We'll be sure to cover the most interesting follow up on the next episode. Topics that we didn't get to (at least not completely) that I'm interested in are: - Ruby Together: Funding open source i… See more
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Radoslav Stankov
@rstankov · Tech @ Product Hunt / AngelList
Good episode. I enjoyed @barelyknown thought process on the matter. There is definitely a lot of truth in his opinion at macro level. On micro level, I think motivations are not so rational, especially on individual level. In the episode @barelyknown mentioned his background. Which clear up a lot of his previous opinions for me and I think I get his point… See more
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Kyle Daigle
@kdaigle · Developer, GitHub
This was a rather interesting discussion with @barelyknown. I didn't really go into this with strong feelings about money in open source but the social contract is real.