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[Answered - it's rare but it exists] Is opensource advocacy a job? (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/opensource@programming.dev

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And how could one get paid to do so?

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[–] RonSijm@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

It is, for example, EFF has paid positions, and they're huge advocates of FoSS. "Opensource Advocacy" is not the job/job-title, but it's part of the job

Also there are companies that are FoSS at it's core - but get paid by clients for consultancy work for support and implementation of their FoSS. They have paid positions for advocacy for their software