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It'd be nice to find ways to fund open source without closing off aspects of it. Also, capitalizing on FOSS with a walled garden product like this, with a middl
by hashkb 6y ago
It'd be nice to find ways to fund open source without closing off aspects of it. Also, capitalizing on FOSS with a walled garden product like this, with a middleman cashing out, doesn't feel right. I'd like to keep my choice to support a developer based on the quality of their work.
- jp_sc 6y agoThere is a middleman, two, actually, this site and GitHub, but no one is "cashing out", for now at least.
- hashkb 6y agoI'm sorry; I should have said "taking a cut" - it's not about how much; the point is I'm not in favor of that method of capturing value. GitHub earns its cut with massive network effect, which it built for years, funded with a quality product that users paid for directly, before rolling out marketplaces.