32
Open source maintenance fee (opensourcemaintenancefee.org)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@programming.dev
13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Note: This uses github sponsors, which is a microsoft owned middleman as @poVoq@slrpnk.net mentioned. I heavily recommend https://liberapay.com/ as an alternative. The idea of the project is solid, though

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27040265

I personally think this is a good idea. FOSS is amazing but it needs some funding in reality. What are your thoughts?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

yeah... I posted this with a general idea of what this looked like, but after reading into it more and reading some of the comments here i agree with you. Seems like BS now.

this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2025
32 points (97.1% liked)

Opensource

3581 readers
31 users here now

A community for discussion about open source software! Ask questions, share knowledge, share news, or post interesting stuff related to it!

CreditsIcon base by Lorc under CC BY 3.0 with modifications to add a gradient

⠀

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
pylapp@programming.dev