mikedilger on Nostr: Economic incentives are not the only incentives. Prior to OpenSats grant, I was ...
Economic incentives are not the only incentives.
Prior to OpenSats grant, I was working on nostr without any economic incentive. I explicitly made gossip MIT licensed and took steps tp signal that I won't be adding "premium features" or "accounts" and that this is 100% open source. But why did I do it? Because I wanted a nostr client for myself that I love, that I can customize to my desired nostr experience. The fact that everybody else gets to use it does not detract from my ability to use it. So you are all getting it as a side-effect. I write the code for me.
But then I got an OpenSats grant, which basically means I can do this full time instead of in my spare time.
If some developers are focused on economic incentives, entrepreneural ambitions, monetization strategies... this is perfectly fine and a good thing. But it isn't necessary for nostr to thrive.
Prior to OpenSats grant, I was working on nostr without any economic incentive. I explicitly made gossip MIT licensed and took steps tp signal that I won't be adding "premium features" or "accounts" and that this is 100% open source. But why did I do it? Because I wanted a nostr client for myself that I love, that I can customize to my desired nostr experience. The fact that everybody else gets to use it does not detract from my ability to use it. So you are all getting it as a side-effect. I write the code for me.
But then I got an OpenSats grant, which basically means I can do this full time instead of in my spare time.
If some developers are focused on economic incentives, entrepreneural ambitions, monetization strategies... this is perfectly fine and a good thing. But it isn't necessary for nostr to thrive.