The secret life of open source developers

Ian Turton, Astun Technology

[email protected] @ijturton

Andrea Aime, GeoSolutions

[email protected] @geowolf

Disclaimer

Our bosses have no idea what we are about to say, these our personal views

Open Source has an image problem

Commits by Contributor

What we do...

Andrea's timetable

I like open source, but once it's no longer a toy project, it should be maintained by paid programmers, rather than volunteers.

Andrew Grim, @andrewjgrimm

Also, "why should I pay for your free software!" - the majority of users.

Developers have to eat

Maintainer Burnout

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. — ABRAHAM LINCOLN

NOTE: You must match your GeoServer plugin to a version, hence the download page.

"Why don't they test XXX before they release it?"

There is no "they" in community

Open Source Software is a Do-ocracy

GPL is Clear

THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, ... PROVIDE THE PROGRAM “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, ... THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

Conclusions

We probably haven't changed anyone's mind today, but hopefully we have made you think a little more about the developers that make and support your software.

We really think of you as part of our community rather than customers, you need to think the same. When we say did you test that? or would you like to help fix it? we are being helpful!

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