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Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by reconnecting »

jonchurch_ wrote: post #157

Folks saying this offer is in bad faith or not generous enough dont seem to understand how low the bar is here for rewarding maintainers. I maintain Express.js and Lodash, as well as a number of express direct deps (as a TC member of both Express and Lodash). OSS has been my fulltime focus for over a year (aka Im unemployed). In 2025 I made $10 from open source, in the form of an amazon gift card for fixing a bug in…

LLM code is still missing legitimacy, and open source is the way to buy it for cheap.

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by TuxSH »

kelnos wrote: post #228
TuxSH wrote: post #183

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Sure, but what I'm slightly worried about is people easily resolving my username to my real name. Maybe I worry too much, dunno

That's fair, but I think it's also not unreasonable for Anthropic to want some sort of "compensation" for giving something away for free (even if it's just a paltry 6-months, which screams "sales tactic"). The terms around getting free stuff sometimes have things that aren't compatible with something about how we do things, and that's fine; we just don't get to take advantage of the free stuff.

Yes, I agree.

It's just that I value the right to reveal my identity on my own terms a lot higher than $1200 (using my username and project name is fine). For the offer to become enticing they would need it to be 5~10y instead of 6mo, or to simply remove the $realname part of the "publicity" section

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by r-w »

harrall wrote: post #226
davidw wrote: post #218

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I don't know if there is one. There are models people can run on fairly expensive hardware at home, but will those be 'good enough' compared to the heavier duty resources that a big, well-funded corporation can deploy? Like... while the open source models are improving, does that converge with the fancy models with tons of money behind them? My understanding of the economics of it - so far - is that "more computing r…

Computers took like 3 decades before they weren’t just for the rich either. In the late 70s, personal computers were still like $4-8k (in today’s money). It wasn’t until the 90s when regular people started getting computers. So there is one… just time.

I'm pretty sure letting people control their own products and lives is a mistake the tech industry does not plan on making again.

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by jonchurch_ »

jonchurch_ wrote: post #192
timbowhite wrote: post #170

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> I maintain Express.js and Lodash Thank you! > In 2025 I made $10 from open source Slightly off-topic, but I wish more OSS projects and maintainers would advertise cryptocurrency donation addresses. It's probably the easiest way for end users to donate.

ETH address 0x60F9CC1b97C78D8E8337Ef991a34bd8D9e600420 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hey, thank you kind strangers who sent me some money. I appreciate it! <3

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by iberator »

blitzar wrote: post #94
iberator wrote: post #88

Now suddenly everyone's gonna become a 'maintainer'. People are gonna abuse it and just use it for everything else BUT proper(not fake and AI GENERATED) open source projects. Sad day. I hope so they are gonna change the TOS and punish anyone with a 1 million $ fine if someone lies. That's the only way: criminal charges for students using AI(when forbidden such as academia) and people who plan to abuse it (stealing to…

Can I add a line like this to my robots.txt and pick up 1 million $ from each of the Ai companies?

Companies CAN enforce $$$. Just ask Oracls

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by jathul »

mohsen1 wrote: post #46

I get Copilot for free as an open source maintainer and it's nice. But right now I am also paying for two Claude Max ($200/mo) for my own projects. Would be nice to have one of them covered for at least 6 months! Hope Anthropic accepts my application because I do not track downloads at all.

Any chance you got an extra week trial? Been trying to find one to try out Claude
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