Ask HN: How do you make a living contributing to and/or creating OSS projects? 26 points by Brysonbw 1 hour ago | hide | past | favorite | 22 comments How would one go about being a 'rogue' OSS contributor so to speak? Live off of donations, bounties, hackathons, ect? Either work for a company who has an interest in the software, or do consulting where you help customers use/adapt the software in their specific context. Those are basically the options that actually work.Unless you are famous, i...