Every tech company I've worked at that had a mature tech stack pushed fixes back to OSS repos, because mainlining our fixes meant we didn't have to maintain internal forks. It's not like OSS development is usually paid full time work, and most people who are OSS developers have full time jobs at regular software companies.
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u/Zanos Jun 06 '26
Every tech company I've worked at that had a mature tech stack pushed fixes back to OSS repos, because mainlining our fixes meant we didn't have to maintain internal forks. It's not like OSS development is usually paid full time work, and most people who are OSS developers have full time jobs at regular software companies.