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I love that there is a real effort for open source projects to seek distributed funding from the people getting benefit from all the hard work the contributors

I love that there is a real effort for open source projects to seek distributed funding from the people getting benefit from all the hard work the contributors do. I don't have to buy a license, but I can support the projects I use regularly and it feels like the best of both worlds. I do wonder how sustainable funding will impact the rate of change in the Open Source / Javascript community. If you are actively investing in a project are you less likely to replace it as quickly with "the next thing" or volunteer to improve the tools that you are already using and donating to? It will be interesting to see!

legostormtroopr 9y ago
I really don’t like this attempt to seek donations for open source projects. As an employee I don’t want to donate my wage for tools I need for work. I would pay for a certification that demonstrates my knowledge. As a business owner, I can’t donate to something without a clear business case. I can pay for certification because I can use that for promotion and as I recently found out having employees certified can reduce insurance costs. Open-source needs to learn how to work with business if it wants to not have to beg for donations. But I think a lot of the people who run open-source projects enjoy the piety that comes with begging for their noble projects survival.