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The same story again and again... In the meantime, I am volunteering for a non-profit that helps FOSS projects secure sustainable funding, and goodness, that is soooo hard! Enterpr…

> Democratic process does not exist when everyone is free to start a project. Users also often do not know what they want either until it's shown to them. Apparently do not have th…

> It works for products, but it doesn't work well for libraries, frameworks, dev tools, and the like. That is why we need to create an open-source ecosystem where projects that get…

Open-source sustainability won't be solved by donations alone. As highlighted in the article, donating is incredibly convenient nowadays, so when companies or individuals don't con…

I think you are missing an important point here. 1. Open source is about the code belonging to the community 2. Open source projects can not survive without funding - as you develo…

Open Source Projects should take inspiration from how companies pay people. There are some very good ideas in how companies distribute revenues and compensate individuals. We just …

The last time I checked the statistics, approximately 75% of the industry's codebase was open source—a significant portion! However, when it comes to the earnings of open-source de…

Did you know that your article was one of the reasons I quit my paid job to attempt to find a solution for open-source funding? At that time, I was exploring existing solutions lik…

There are some ways Github will pay your rent, did someone explore them? There is Gitopia.com, Tea.xyz, Open-Source-Economy.com, or Polar.sh I am curious about people's experience …

True... It is explained better in the white paper linked in the article. Did you read this part?

“I’d love to go open-source, but it just doesn’t pay the bills”