Not living off a project lets you think in longer timeframes
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But when you have a truly open source project where you're getting money and it's meeting your needs, you know, for the hosting and that kind of thing, it's paying the bills, but you're not, you know, you're not living off of it. Well, then your timeframes get longer.
Episode 247: Aggy5 (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:37:16 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Dave values Podcasting 2.0 as a rare pure-play open source project with no corporate ownership, one he'd keep running himself if the money disappeared. When donations cover hosting but you aren't living off them, your timeframes get longer. A constant stream of support money makes everything feel urgent and pressures you to drop what you're doing.
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Episode 216: Salty Sage (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:04:34 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
may take another 10 years or 15 years for some of these things to come to fruition. That doesn't mean they failed.
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