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Yep. Perhaps repositories like NPM run such a system, giving you perks for subscribing or maybe just framing it as a (cheap) donation, and then each time you NP
by _bxg1 7y ago
Yep. Perhaps repositories like NPM run such a system, giving you perks for subscribing or maybe just framing it as a (cheap) donation, and then each time you NPM install a package they factor that in to how your fee will get distributed. Even if it were a $5 monthly donation they asked for out of the goodness of people's hearts, which automatically and granularly divvied itself up based on what you use, I bet it would go a long way.
- agustif 7y agoI would have a problem trusting npm or GitHub (Microsoft) with my donation money because of the same issues I've with mainstream NGO who play ads on TV of famelic enfants to make you send a paid/premium SMS... of which the ISP gets more than a 30% of the cut to start, and probably most of it will end up spent in whatever the C-level people in such organization consier fun. npm is very much a business, stuff like pnpm, an yarn exist for a reason!
- _bxg1 7y agoThat's silly. NPM's business relies on its thriving package ecosystem, and ecosystems like it face a very real risk from this problem. It would be in their interest to provide such a service, and it would swiftly become obvious if any funny-business were going on, at which point their reputation would be completely decimated.