alt Hacker NewsThere are often different incentives, constraints, and pay scales. Nothing against public organizations doing this obviously. Just don't see a lot of evidence that it works well in general.
There are often different incentives, constraints, and pay scales. Nothing against public organizations doing this obviously. Just don't see a lot of evidence that it works well in general.
Might work as part of a job guarantee scheme. Rather than being paid welfare benefits you can get more money by working on open source.
Edit: I mean from a society perspective you pay a tiny bit more for a real gain, without reducing labour from the private sector.