Something I never understood is why don't more maintainers just post the rate at which they'd be willing to do the work other people want?
I suspect very few open source maintainers are doing so well financially that there's NO rate they would accept to perform other people's requests for their own project.
Whatever number it would take to motivate you to do the work, just put it out there. Aside from the fact that you might get paid, there's a hidden benefit: cheapskates who don't value your time as much as you do will quit asking for freebies.
I suspect very few open source maintainers are doing so well financially that there's NO rate they would accept to perform other people's requests for their own project.
Whatever number it would take to motivate you to do the work, just put it out there. Aside from the fact that you might get paid, there's a hidden benefit: cheapskates who don't value your time as much as you do will quit asking for freebies.