If companies are using your software to make money, why would you not want to get paid? Open source doesn't necessarily means free of cost, collaboration can still occur with a paid repo.
I don't have the answers you're looking for, but millions of people work their butt on OSS on github without any pay while big corporations rip the benefits. This model has many flaws. We pay for anything else why should software be different?
I don't deny it. I just feel that your comment suggests that it's super-easy: if you use the software, the author should get paid. But it's not easy. Because who is the author?
Right, obviously some type of model is needed. You'll want to reward everyone by using some ratio, commits, LOC, how many issues they resolved, etc. Anything is easy if we put our minds to it, I feel like no one has cared enough about this issue. Github just kind of patched it with the donation button but honestly how many people donate if they already have the source code?
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If companies are using your software to make money, why would you not want to get paid? Open source doesn't necessarily means free of cost, collaboration can still occur with a paid repo.
I don't have the answers you're looking for, but millions of people work their butt on OSS on github without any pay while big corporations rip the benefits. This model has many flaws. We pay for anything else why should software be different?
I don't deny it. I just feel that your comment suggests that it's super-easy: if you use the software, the author should get paid. But it's not easy. Because who is the author?
Right, obviously some type of model is needed. You'll want to reward everyone by using some ratio, commits, LOC, how many issues they resolved, etc. Anything is easy if we put our minds to it, I feel like no one has cared enough about this issue. Github just kind of patched it with the donation button but honestly how many people donate if they already have the source code?