Bold stance:

If you're running a successful business that's built on top of open-source software and you're neither contributing code to these projects nor donating money to them, you're not only a freeloader, you're actually harmful to the entire movement.

You should take an interest in the sustainability of these projects as they ensure the likelihood of your own success and future.

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@fribbledom now the question is what is the threshold there. If you are a money-strung startup and not contributing, you are still a freeloader and that's probably ok. When should you start contributing? When you get to the first revenue? When you get to the break even? When you stop scaling and hiring and start making profit?

This is not all black and white.

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