Developers feel they should be paid for open source contributions

A new survey of over 9,500 developers, of whom 4,400 actively participate in open source, finds that 54 percent of respondents feel that individuals should be paid for their open source work. In fact the study from developer cloud company DigitalOcean finds that only 14 percent of respondents are currently paid for their open source contributions. There's an interesting age difference too, with 60 percent of those aged 18-25 being in favor of payment, while only 34 percent of those over 55 agree. 47 percent think tech companies should fund the payment of open source contributions, while 25 percent believe… [Continue Reading]