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I agree with the mission and even more so: > Open source is unsustainable right now —- Github Sponsors will not save the maintainers with software used by Fort

I agree with the mission and even more so: > Open source is unsustainable right now —- Github Sponsors will not save the maintainers with software used by Fortune 500s expecting business level support. That shouldn’t be the situation, but it is. I was actually thinking along exactly these lines this morning. That's why I was disappointed in particular because of who's name was on it, because to me it reads poorly. That's why my reaction was so visceral. I'm glad to hear that in actuality it has really been benefiting those OSS maintainers, but I stand by at least my suggestion that some of the explainer/marketing copy on that site needs to change. It in my honest opinion does not read to the same level of positivity that you or lbotos below put it to.

hardwaresofton 4y ago
> I was actually thinking along exactly these lines this morning. Oh here’s another thought, what if Github (Microsoft) started doing this as well. That actually seems less and less of a stretch the more I think about it. Certain former C level execs of Github are rolling around free these days… > That's why I was disappointed in particular because of who's name was on it, because to me it reads poorly. That's why my reaction was so visceral. I'm glad to hear that in actuality it has really been benefiting those OSS maintainers, but I stand by at least my suggestion that some of the explainer/marketing copy on that site needs to change. It in my honest opinion does not read to the same level of positivity that you or lbotos below put it to. Thanks for pointing this out this gap. Even the chance to prevent causing this kind of reaction is massive. I positive it’s a writing/conveyance problem , but I can only think this because of my direct dealings with OCV. Just a bit of tweaking on this page and a better layout of the vision is probably whats needed. I mean I’m not even the person who should be commenting — the voices that need to be heard are maintainers that made the choice to trust OCV. They’re on disparate timezones but hopefully more chime in.

hardwaresofton 4y ago

> I was actually thinking along exactly these lines this morning. Oh here’s another thought, what if Github (Microsoft) started doing this as well. That actually seems less and less of a stretch the more I think about it. Certain former C level execs of Github are rolling around free these days… > That's why I was disappointed in particular because of who's name was on it, because to me it reads poorly. That's why my reaction was so visceral. I'm glad to hear that in actuality it has really been benefiting those OSS maintainers, but I stand by at least my suggestion that some of the explainer/marketing copy on that site needs to change. It in my honest opinion does not read to the same level of positivity that you or lbotos below put it to. Thanks for pointing this out this gap. Even the chance to prevent causing this kind of reaction is massive. I positive it’s a writing/conveyance problem , but I can only think this because of my direct dealings with OCV. Just a bit of tweaking on this page and a better layout of the vision is probably whats needed. I mean I’m not even the person who should be commenting — the voices that need to be heard are maintainers that made the choice to trust OCV. They’re on disparate timezones but hopefully more chime in.