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Free startup idea: Patreon for Open Source * Users signs up to OSPatreon, downloads OSPatreon app that creates ospatreon directory in $HOME/.local/share/ or ot
by EdiX 10y ago
Free startup idea: Patreon for Open Source
* Users signs up to OSPatreon, downloads OSPatreon app that creates ospatreon directory in $HOME/.local/share/ or other operating system appropriate location, then creates a cronjob (or whatever) to rerun after one month
* Open Source projects that want in add a snippet of code that, when the application closes, writes the amount of time the application ran to $HOME/.local/share/ospatreon/
* At the end of the month the OSPatreon window pops up, shows the user a list of ospatreon projects the user has used, sorted by decreasing total time, lets user select how much to donate and the share each application gets (default: proportional to time the app was used)
* You collect money from the user, pocket some percentage, distribute the rest to OS projects.
Startup name: Fosstreon.
- gregwebs 10y agoThis is a good idea. However, I think it is problematic that most open source usage is in the form of libraries. If a GUI leverages amazing open-source libraries, only the GUI author would be paid. Additionally, many closed source (GUI or not) projects leverage many open-source libraries.
- palerdot 10y agoIt can be solved with the main app listing its oss dependencies - similar to dependencies in node package.json . the amount to be paid to the main project gets split based on the dependencies and weightage specified.