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We should have Open-Source agents who can represent projects and pitch corporations for paid sponsorship. The agent gets 10% for closing the deal. Sounds like
by _Marak_ 11y ago
We should have Open-Source agents who can represent projects and pitch corporations for paid sponsorship. The agent gets 10% for closing the deal.
Sounds like an opportunity for a new start-up.
I'd sign up for it.
- eru 11y agoThat's just a standard software consulting. Lots of clients wouldn't mind you open sourcing what you worked on for them.
- _Marak_ 11y agoNot consulting. It would be having a person pitch a business or groups of businesses to sponsor an open-source project. The overhead of communication, negotiation, and writing contracts is outside the scope of what most open-source developers are willing to do in terms of time. Simply put, there is a disconnect between the value of the open-source software and the availability / willingness of open-source project maintainers to monetize a project.
- fijal 11y agoI would sign up my project for it, if it can generate more revenue than is worth the effort
- ableal 11y agoYesterday I was going to add something like that, and got distracted. With all the disintermediation that the internet has supposedly done, there must be also room for some new-fangled intermediation ...