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I use papaparse, it's been pretty awesome, so that thank you for making it. Have you considered offering support contracts, or a dual licensing approach? I don

I use papaparse, it's been pretty awesome, so that thank you for making it. Have you considered offering support contracts, or a dual licensing approach? I don't mean to butt in and offer a bunch of unsolicited advice, just more curious because I might be trying to do similar stuff with some of my projects, so always on the lookout to see what works and what doesn't. Thanks again for making papaparse it's really fast and has really helped me get some projects off the ground a lot faster than I would have otherwise!

mholt 9y ago
Hey, thanks! I'm glad you like it. I did consider a dual license, however I don't want to fragment the project, given that it's pretty much "done" and someone would just use a fork from before the license changes anyway. As for offering paid support, I could definitely still fall back on that if I need some extra income, but it takes time. So right now I'm leaning on my graduate research. One method I have found somewhat successful (but I am still flushing out) through another project, Caddy, is selling sponsorships. They give me some flexibility to put more time into the project to benefit everyone, rather than a single customer.
- X86BSD 9y ago
  Monero the crypto currency does this. I've seen them fund every thing from Ph.D. Research and paper writing, to application development and bug fixing. It seems to work well for those who really believe in and use a project. I'm surprised more people don't try this model. Release the core code and let users vote and fund which bugs to fix and which features to add. I find it an interesting and refreshing change from the free for all of whiny depressing masses who demand all sorts of crazy, hard work from OS developers without paying dime one for it. Maybe it will be the model of the future, who knows!
  - mbrock 9y ago
    I truly yearn for the day when I can pay rent with my GitHub street cred. Makes me think, there was that old Y Combinator experiment of letting HN posters vote for funding in a small funding round. Combine that notion with a karma-weighted transparent proposal voting fund ("DAO" style) and something interesting might happen?

mholt 9y ago

Hey, thanks! I'm glad you like it. I did consider a dual license, however I don't want to fragment the project, given that it's pretty much "done" and someone would just use a fork from before the license changes anyway. As for offering paid support, I could definitely still fall back on that if I need some extra income, but it takes time. So right now I'm leaning on my graduate research. One method I have found somewhat successful (but I am still flushing out) through another project, Caddy, is selling sponsorships. They give me some flexibility to put more time into the project to benefit everyone, rather than a single customer.

X86BSD 9y ago
Monero the crypto currency does this. I've seen them fund every thing from Ph.D. Research and paper writing, to application development and bug fixing. It seems to work well for those who really believe in and use a project. I'm surprised more people don't try this model. Release the core code and let users vote and fund which bugs to fix and which features to add. I find it an interesting and refreshing change from the free for all of whiny depressing masses who demand all sorts of crazy, hard work from OS developers without paying dime one for it. Maybe it will be the model of the future, who knows!
- mbrock 9y ago
  I truly yearn for the day when I can pay rent with my GitHub street cred. Makes me think, there was that old Y Combinator experiment of letting HN posters vote for funding in a small funding round. Combine that notion with a karma-weighted transparent proposal voting fund ("DAO" style) and something interesting might happen?