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For me, I would have no problem paying for open source software, and have a few times. The problem is I have to have an invoice I can submit to corporate accou

• ghaff 3y ago
  As someone who sold shareware a long time ago, and had to invoice companies now and then, there is some overhead to getting yourself setup to invoice, look like an actual business, and accept payments made out to a business. There are services these days so it's not that expensive or hard. But it's something I see a random software developer not wanting to deal with for the odd small payment. There are also approved vendor lists, etc.
  • saulpw 3y ago
    I wonder why there aren't any open source software publishers. Like game publishers, they would take the open source software, package it up, submit invoices, take money, distribute binaries, provide rudimentary support for installation and system issues, and ideally pay 30-70% to the dev. Seems like a pretty reasonable business model, if there actually are businesses who are willing to pay for properly packaged software.
    • Zxian 3y ago
      https://codecodeship.com/ https://codecodeship.com/ They do exist.