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A good take from the time https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/05/11/Sell-Babel-8 https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/05/11/Sell-Babel-8
by enticingturtle 4y ago
A good take from the time
https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/05/11/Sell-Babel-8 https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/05/11/Sell-Babel-8
- ghaff 4y agoYep. Donations basically don't work is pretty near a universal opinion of anyone who has spent time looking at open source business models. As beer money for someone's side project hobby? Sure, why not? But to pay the full-time salary for someone even in a low cost country? Even $50,000 (per year) is actually a lot of money to collect through donations--in part, because as the author notes it's pretty hard for companies to just make a donation to someone.