@Stefanakos84 there is no single way we get paid: most work for companies that provide consultancy and development for Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G). Some are from universities. Most get paid. "Free" doesn't mean free of charge but :Free as in Freedom" !
@Stefanakos84 i will tell you man,when you work on such free open source software,if you make a thing that companies start to use it and they really need it,companies will donate to help you contain,cause they need you,another way is that if a company need a new function in that software,they will ask you to make them that function and they will pay for you to make that new function,even if they need support against any problem,they will ask you for help and of course pay for you,and so on.
I have a question... is paying them ?? Where re they getting the money to work on all these things?
Stefanakos84 1 year ago
@Stefanakos84 there is no single way we get paid: most work for companies that provide consultancy and development for Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G). Some are from universities. Most get paid. "Free" doesn't mean free of charge but :Free as in Freedom" !
justb49 1 year ago
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scotlandsimon 6 months ago
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scotlandsimon 6 months ago
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@Stefanakos84 i will tell you man,when you work on such free open source software,if you make a thing that companies start to use it and they really need it,companies will donate to help you contain,cause they need you,another way is that if a company need a new function in that software,they will ask you to make them that function and they will pay for you to make that new function,even if they need support against any problem,they will ask you for help and of course pay for you,and so on.
scotlandsimon 6 months ago
@scotlandsimon so does someone gets paid straight from the company or form OSGEO ???
Stefanakos84 5 months ago
@Stefanakos84 i really don't know,
cause i am not working on OSGEO project,
i just want to give you an overview on getting money from open source free software,
sorry for not helping and hope someone from OSGEO will reply soon.
scotlandsimon 5 months ago
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