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I really want to read those notes you've written (I've sent you an email).

Paul Graham, Patrick Collison and Vitalik Buterin all have this ability to express ideas in an extremely deep yet clear and concie way.

It's one thing to do this individually, but what amazes me is their ability to scale out this communication sty;e to their entire organization. If you read any of the blog posts by YC, Stripe and the Ethereum Foundation you'll understand what I mean. You can also see how it stands so far ahead of most other companies.

A recent example that comes to mind for anyone interested: Ethereum Foundation's blog post explaining why they're moving away from calling their upgrades "Eth2"and just calling it "Eth" instead.

https://blog.ethereum.org/2022/01/24/the-great-eth2-renaming...

As a founder myself, I really want to figure out the tactics to scaling clear and effective communication to an entire team.

In my opinion, the fundamental issue here is that open source software is a [public good][1]. So the paradox which everyone asks themselves is "if everyone can benefit from it for free why should I have to pay?".

But conversely, if people are benefitting from something you've created then it's only fair for the person who created this value to get some financial compensation commensurate to the value they've created.

The author of this package has chosen a method to get some compensation for their work that has resulted in a lose-lose situation where neither the author nor the users are happy.

But it doesn't have to be this way.

The [Opensource guide][2] has some useful tips on [Getting Paid for Open Source Work][3]. For people interested in web3 and crypto, [Gitcoin][4] is platform where you can [get paid to work on open source software][5].

Hopefully, by becoming more informed on ways to make money from open source software we can avoid situations like this in the future and create a fairer system that works for everyone.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good_(economics)

[2]: https://opensource.guide/

[3]: https://opensource.guide/getting-paid/

[4]: https://gitcoin.co/

[5]: https://gitcoin.co/grants/