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Open Source contributors and maintainers can come from all walks of life and are around the globe.major contributors from private companiesWhat about the actual number of open source contributors? Answers vary, it’s not as easy to tell as you might think.estimated that there are 7 million developers who are not paid for their work– not all of them are working on open source projects, and many developers who are compensated for coding are also working on open source.
First, the legal ones. All open source code comes with a license, which lays out how you are allowed to that code. Private code has licenses too. These licenses vary substantially. Some licenses are quite permissive– you can do whatever you want with the code. Other licenses are commercial– you can only use the open source project if you pay for it.
Finally, some licenses have very particular requirements: if you use the code and share it, you are required to give away any code you create for free as well. This is called aWhat does that mean for you? First, know that there is no way to tell what kind of license it is just based on having access to it– you have to read the license.If you are using the code personally– not just exploring it, but putting the code to work– then you need to read the license file. If it’s a commercial license, do the right thing and pay for it.: If you are at a company or organization that is using open source code, please check with your colleagues about setting up a proper approach to organize and vet the usage.
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