Comment by w10-1
15 days ago
The irony is that the SQLite developers get a support contract iff someone runs off the path in anger and finds an ancient bug. But perhaps that's part of what make it a quality team: devotion thriving without adverse incentives.
While you might be correct, I wouldn't necessarily assume the "and only if" part of your statement. There might be companies that choose to proactively purchase support contracts. And there are companies that have paid $150K/year for https://sqlite.org/consortium.html access. Which means, among other things, that they get first priority for any needs they have:
> Consortium members have the guaranteed, undivided attention of the SQLite developers for 23 staff-days per year and for as much additional time above and beyond that amount that the core developers have available. There are no arbitrary limits on contact time. The consortium will never be over-subscribed. New SQLite developers will be recruited and trained as necessary to cover the 23 day/year support commitment.
The SQLite home page lists five companies that have paid for consortium access. I can easily imagine that there are more who don't want to pay $150K/year but would pay $1.5k/year, proactively, to get "private, expert email advice from the developers of SQLite" when they need it.