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Basically all of open source needs contributors and sponsorship. If you work for a company, get them to allocate some funding and employee hours towards the projects they use, including deep dependencies. The FOSSjobs resources wiki has a Patronage section that could be useful for the funding part. https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/resources
I just created a business, an LLC, to develop my software. I did this on purpose so that companies would have an entity to send money to if they use my software.
I've heard that developers and managers at companies do want to give money to FOSS projects, but sending money to an individual is fraught with peril. Sending money to another company that can generate invoices and give some services? Much easier to justify.
If possible, I suggest developers of popular FOSS projects do this. If you include my search for a good bank, I've spent probably 20 hours doing this. (I used lawyers as well, but that's not required.) Spending 20 hours to have some way to receive money may be worth it.
I am not an Open Source developer that needs funding. I just created a business, an LLC, to develop my software. I did this on purpose so that companies would have an entity to send money to if they use my software. I've heard that developers and managers at companies do want to give money to FOSS projects, but sending money to an individual is fraught with peril. Sending money to another company that can generate in…
I personally, have a few open source projects that were born out of my personal need. On one hand, I'm happy to share it for free and don't expect any payment, since I would have developed those tools anyway. Sharing it is only my way to give back to the community, and it carries very small effort on my behalf.
On the other hand, if you make money from a software that uses my tool, it would be kind of you to share your success somehow (sponsoring a product is just one way. Another is contributing code, for example)
I am not an Open Source developer that needs funding. I just created a business, an LLC, to develop my software. I did this on purpose so that companies would have an entity to send money to if they use my software. I've heard that developers and managers at companies do want to give money to FOSS projects, but sending money to an individual is fraught with peril. Sending money to another company that can generate in…
I support this claim. However, you have to take into account that a company carries some liability which not all FOSS developer want to have. I personally, have a few open source projects that were born out of my personal need. On one hand, I'm happy to share it for free and don't expect any payment, since I would have developed those tools anyway. Sharing it is only my way to give back to the community, and it carri…
This is a web framework + ORM for Nim. It's in desperate need of more work to support DBs other than PostgreSQL and make the ORM more flexible. The web side also needs more work.
I am not an Open Source developer that needs funding. I just created a business, an LLC, to develop my software. I did this on purpose so that companies would have an entity to send money to if they use my software. I've heard that developers and managers at companies do want to give money to FOSS projects, but sending money to an individual is fraught with peril. Sending money to another company that can generate in…
I maintain a web port [1] of super star trek. I need help with UX, graphics, game play and fresh ideas. [1] https://github.com/ggeorgovassilis/superstartrek