> So this is the only part that really answers the "why" - you want to earn a living from working on Pi, and presumably (?) believe you can't achieve that with

> So this is the only part that really answers the "why" - you want to earn a living from working on Pi, and presumably (?) believe you can't achieve that with OSS. I think you're wrong, and belong to the 0.001% of OSS projects that can earn a very nice living from working on Pi without taking this step. He already has a GitHub sponsorship with lots of sponsors himself. The problem is they get to set the price and the minimum is at least $1. This tells me that he believes he is not earning enough from OSS sponsors. So with that, how do you even start with answering this: > It also includes commercialization to feed the team. The author knows that in his case, OSS does not pay the bills and certainly won't pay for his staff.