I'm sure you'll get a lot of flack from those who think open source should equal free... but this is a great idea.
There has always been an inverse connection in FOSS, the better a project is, the more popular it becomes & the more the maintainer has to work for free. It's not sustainable, especially now that the corporate world is waking up to how they can benefit from open source.
Absolutely - models like GitHub Sponsors encourage developers to pay other developers, when in reality it should be corporations actually profiting from OSS to be the ones paying. GitRoyalty makes the conversation between a programmer and his manager about paying for OSS easier (v.s. formally sponsoring).
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I'm sure you'll get a lot of flack from those who think open source should equal free... but this is a great idea.
There has always been an inverse connection in FOSS, the better a project is, the more popular it becomes & the more the maintainer has to work for free. It's not sustainable, especially now that the corporate world is waking up to how they can benefit from open source.
This is one great option.
Absolutely - models like GitHub Sponsors encourage developers to pay other developers, when in reality it should be corporations actually profiting from OSS to be the ones paying. GitRoyalty makes the conversation between a programmer and his manager about paying for OSS easier (v.s. formally sponsoring).