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Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
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Re: Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
#12Lol good luck with that companies are greed freeloaders
Re: Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
#13PSA: Gratispay is dead. RIP.
What happened?
https://gratipay.news/the-end-cbfba8f50981 "Gratipay is shutting down at the end of the year" "However, funding open source is almost entirely about marketing, and we spent most of the past year writing code instead."
https://liberapay.com/ a different team/company took over the assets.
Re: Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
#14Overall this is a good idea but with too many options to turn ugly fast. You need to carefully examine the situation: For instance at an old job my contract contained the following sentence: "all intellectual property and code, developed during or outside working hours, regardless of it's nature or purpose belongs to {COMPANY_NAME}". Somehow if my employer pays me extra for working on personal(albeit open source) pro…
That's a good point, and also, what a horrendous thing to have in your contract. I wonder if it's even legal for them to claim ownership of unrelated code done outside work hours.
Re: Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
#15Sure, but WHO are you supposed to pay those $2k to?
I'm sure there will be several people and organizations willing to step in and be a clearinghouse / middleman to "make it easy".
Re: Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
#16Sure, but WHO are you supposed to pay those $2k to?
I can make something up, but would love to see a guide to how to donate broadly to open source. Apache, GNU, Ubuntu, libinput?
I've been doing this myself with a combo of one-off donations (Ubuntu, Pop OS, libinput) plus experimenting with Github Sponsors on one project.
Here's an example from TripleByte of their employee-directed donations: https://triplebyte.com/open-source-donations
Re: Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
#17Companies like money too much and won't pay for something they already get for free. Ye of too much faith.
Re: Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
#18Another attempt at this business model post-Gratipay is Tidelift https://tidelift.com/
Re: Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
#19I think this is good will for sure, and 2k is a rounding error to the cost of most enterprise software, but the real problem with (most) FOSS is the lack of clear structure or organization in terms of payment. Not only who gets paid, but also how much to pay, how to quantity roles and work, spending if necessary, etc. That’s the real problem/opportunity for someone like Gratipay.
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Re: Companies should probably pay $2k per person for open source (2017)
#20I wish more open source projects had an "enterprise" plan with a few inconsequential features and maybe priority support - just enough to justify a line item on a tech org's budget.