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> the availability of open source also reduces the possibility to build and sell own libraries

> PayDevs is Monetization as a Service for #OSS #libraries. We provide a closed registry for #javascript and collect money for #maintainers.

So is your business plan to undermine open source?

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I think you're on to something here. I have a feeling that the author has already come to the self-serving conclusion that open source software is somehow harmful to developers, and is trying to reverse-engineer a justification for that statement -- ideally one with moral implications like "it takes money away from developers in low-income countries".

No, I just want to hear different opinions from different parts of the world. Just because we live in the western world with high salaries does not mean that this is the norm.

The plan with PayDevs is to give maintainers a choice - it's their decision to monetize or not monetize their open-source libraries. Furthermore, the sourcecode still stays open - only the convenient access to build modules / compiled libraries will cost a dollar a month.

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