Feb 15, 2023
A leading open source developer says the system is broken because no one will pay for it.
The concerns are longstanding in open source communities, and valid. But the developer’s case is complicated. He’s Denis Pushkarev, maintainer of the core-js library used by millions of websites. He’s Russian, and he served 10 months in jail after a fatal motorcycle accident.
Being in Russia and going to jail might have something to do with it, tho